Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing informal, thesis, argumentative, and exploratory essays.
Pataphysics, Pataphors and Pataphorology
An extended metaphor that creates its own context. A science invented by P.A. Lopez and derived from the science of 'pataphysics as described by Alfred Jarry.
Plain Language Action Network
Promoting clearer communication between the public and government. This site has resources for writers to attain that goal.
Rhetorical Figures
From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here.
SoYouWanna Avoid Common Writing Errors
We compiled a list of the most common writing errors people tend to make. This is not a primer on grammar or essay-writing. This is a checklist of things which you might well do an…
The Archive of Endangered, Special, or Fun Words
Writing about and classifying words and language.
The Philosophy of Punctuation
Paul Robinson's classic essay on periods, commas, semicolons, dashes.
The Visual Thesaurus
An exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations.
The Word Nerds
A weekly podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do.
Top20Composition.com
Online directory for grammar, spelling, punctuation, research, creative writing, and proofreading resources.
Tribe: Word Freaks
Group for people who love discussing words and writing style.
Tribe: Words of Power
For people who love words, use them, feel them in their mouths as flavorful bursts of energy. This is the tribe for fun with words and receptive learning.
Word Fugitives
An interactive column by The Atlantic's Barbara Wallraff. Discovers needs in our language and recommends new words to fill them.
World Wide Words
Explores the history, evolution byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. New and recent words and phrases are often featured, as are books on aspects of English. A …
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