ENGLISH RESOURCES

DICTIONARIES

Online Rhyming Dictionary   
Lycos Rhyme Central
SAT Vocabulary Lists   
Antonyms to Synonyms Dictionary  
Language iTools
    
Word Focus Resources
 
100 Essential Words 
Behind the Name: A Dictionary of Given Names  
Merriam-Webster Online   
Roget's Thesaurus

PA Power Library is available only on computers in which the Power Library software has been installed.

E.S.O.L. RESOURCES

E. L. Easton -- English Online   
E.S.L. Handbooks and Reference Links (Gonzaga University) 
The English Browser   
English Club
English Pronunciation and Spelling Guides  (links from Eva Easton -- requires the free Real® Media Player)
English Toolbox
Global English
Literacy Connections 
Online English Language Center
Spelling Rules   from MCCC
Web English Teacher's E. S. O. L. Resources

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE About.com: Links for Studying Rhetorical Language
American Rhetoric
The Book of Cliches
   

Figures of Speech Hangman Game
  
Go English Idioms Dictionary
GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Ask the Grammar Lady
11 Rules of Writing  
Common Errors in English Usage  

Grammar Handbook University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guide to Grammar and Writing

Harbrace Glossary of Usage
The Reference Desk: Grammar, Usage and Style
Twenty Common Usage Errors
Web English Teacher's Grammar and Mechanics

JOURNALISM AND MEDIA Associated Press Stylebook .pdf downloads
Journalism.org
Journalist's Toolbox       
Journalism Tools from the Columbia Journalism Review
Rhetorica Communications Studies
Web English Teacher's Journalism Resources

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

American Rhetoric: On Line Speech Bank
NPR's Sound Library Directory
History Channel Library of Speeches
Lex Scripta: Library of Great Speeches
Toastmasters International

READING LISTS

Scholastic Reading Lists for Young Adults  
ALA Recommended Award Winning Books for Young Adults
   
Book Spot Feature Books   
Links for Reviews of YA Books   
PSLA Media Selection and Review Recommendations 
Pennsylvania Power Library -- NoveList  

TEXTBOOK
SUPPLEMENTS

Handbook to the Holt English Series
Longman's Companion Web Sites
McGraw-Hill Guide to Electronic Research and Documentation

Prentice-Hall English Tutor Center

WORD ORIGINS The Big List
Etymologically Speaking
  
Lex Files: Vocabulary lists from Focus on Words  
Online Etymology Dictionary   
Word and Phrase Origins Pathfinder from the Internet Public Library
WRITING STYLE

Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. (1918)
Essay Writing Assistance from the UNC (Chapel Hill) Writing Center    
Essentials 101 Writer's Handbook
Heinemann Publishing's Resources for Authors
Teen Space ipl Research and Writing
The Write Source  handbooks for writing style, written communication and composition
Writing Style -- from the University of Wisconsin, Madison