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Focusing on Words
Subscription-based site for vocabulary development, showcasing the Latin and Greek roots of English words. (infos)11 Rules of Writing
Concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar. (infos)
WordWizard
Portal for word lovers. Learn about word meanings, slang, quotations, insults, and famous authors. Wordwizard offers a round trip across the English language. (infos)
Bartleby.com: Strunk's Element of Style (1918)
For use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. (infos)
Writing For Multimedia
Michael Butzgy's style guide for multimedia. (infos)
Cliche Finder
Special tool word-searches 3,300 cliches. (infos)
Cliche
List of 2000 English cliches with some statistical and literary notes on their use. (infos)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing informal, thesis, argumentative, and exploratory essays. (infos)
Online Classes in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota offers a number of Internet correspondence courses in rhetoric. Sign up here. (infos)
Rhetorical Figures
From alliteration to zeugma, and everything in between, all the figures of speech are here. (infos)