Student Reference Tools |
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| Meriam-Webster Online | St. Helena School Library |
| Dictionary.com | Local Public Libraries |
| Etymological Dictionary | New American Bible |
| Thesaurus | Study Guides and Strategies |
| American Heritage English Usage | Elements of Fiction |
| Sentence Diagramming | Elements of Poetry |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing | Glossary of Poetic Terms |
| Word Central | Maps |
| National Geographic Map Machine | |
| Rhyme Zone | Xpeditions |
| Anagram Finder | Aesop's Fables & Anderson's Fairy Tales |
| Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet | Audible Audio Books |
| Bartleby’s Great Books Online Fiction, non-fiction, and reference source texts online. |
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| Commas For a quick and easy to understand guide to using commas in American English, see the The Owl at Purdue, a writing guide for students. |
BookWire A huge web site where you can research book awards, read reviews, actually download hundreds (with links to thousands) of entire books—fiction, non-fiction, children’s, public domain, classics by Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, R.L. Stevenson, etc. All free! |
| Common Errors in English A good source for keeping your students’ compositions error-free. |
Project Gutenberg The major source of etext transcriptions on the web. Everything from Dante’s Inferno (in Italian or English) to “The Miller’s Daughter” by Emile Zola. All free. |
| Society for the Preservation of English Language & Literature (SPELL) A fun organization with a humorous and informative newsletter as well as a Scholarship-Essay Competition for High School Students. Richard Lederer (author of Anguished English) is VP and contributor. |
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