This website is great for finding out about poets. First, search for your
poet. Then, look on the lower left side of the page for more links
containing
biographical information.
Poets.org
Excellent cite for information about poets and their poems. Great for
critical analysis offering different critical reviews.
Modern American Poetry
Excellent Poetry website for high school students. This particular page
instructs students how to read a poem.
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-howtoread.html
List and definitions of poetry terms. Extensive.
Poetry Terms
Online rhyming dictionary. (Thank you to Janie for finding this one)
http://www.rhymezone.com/
Other safe writing contests from Teen Ink.
http://teenink.com/Contests/PoetryC.html
This is helpful webpage on how to write a thesis statement. Seeing that the
information is coming from a highly respected university, Purdue, the tips
here are important.
Creating a Thesis Statement
This teaches about parallel structure in sentences as well as thesis
statements. Thanks to the good folks at Purdue University, these tips will
help you begin to understand writing on a higher level.
Parallel Structure for sentences
This is a fantastic website to review your grammar and even learn a few new
tricks. The site is indexed through a series of pulldown menus so you only
get what you want.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
This webpage has definitions of terms used to describe poetry. On the left
of the page is a table of contents with different categories of terms.
Poetry Terms and Schemes
Romeo and Juliet text online. The text, since it's in Public Domain, is at
hand on many webpages. Here is one that I have checked and found accurate.
Romeo and Juliet Text
This is the audio version of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Sometimes, it's
easier to hear it--then the reading makes sense. This audio version is free
and legal.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Audio
This quizlette is tricky.
Grammar Games at Education Place
Grammar games to brush up on nouns, pronouns, verb, adjectives, adverbs,
interjections, prepositions, and conjunctions.
GRAMMAR GAMES at Funbrain
Grammar site for review and brushing up on rusty skills.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
Glossary of literary terms.
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/vclass/terms.htm