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Peer Editing	MLA Documentation	Grammar and Mechanics
MS Word Track Changes Editing Overview	OWL MLA formatting and style guide from Purdue University--terrific resource	Practice Tutorial Explanations of common mistakes and practice quizzes to test your understanding.
Demonstration: Highlighting Key Words in Thesis and Topic Sentences	sample works cited page (updated MLA, 7th ed.)	sentences dependent and independent clauses sentence fragments
	Demonstration: how to make your running header	sentence patterns--use these models to make more purposeful sophisticated sentences
	Demonstration: How to make a works cited page and use online citing tools	commas--avoid random comma disease! Use this site to help you use commas with confidence.

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Literary Terms	Reading/Writing Help	Test Preparation
OWL literary terms for writing literary analysis essays	from OWL transitional devices--list of transitions and there uses writing transitions--examples of smooth, rather than forced, transitions	Express Learning Has lots of practice tests and lessons for SAT, ACT,AP,Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Writing, and a lot more. You have to login the first time at school, but after that you can use from anywhere you have an internet connection.
More Literary Terms	literary analysis--a solid thesis statement	Vocabulary--learn words and fight world hunger at the same time
Villanelle--learn more about the form and tips on writing one	Interrogating Texts 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard
	Active Verbs lists of academic verbs to help enliven your writign
	UNC writing help handouts introductions conclusions

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Software Demonstrations	Technology Resources
MS Word Landscape - how to make your paper landscape format	VoiceThreads create a audio file with pictures and share with others--might be great for your semester project!	zap reader paste any online text into zap reader and it will flash one word at a time so you can read quickly
	Sound Snap Legal Music for Podcasts and audio presentations
	G-Cast Make audio recordings from your cell phone to upload for podcasting.
	Sketchcast Record your drawings and voice simultaneously and embed or e-mail see my example about Lot's wife

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