Additional Writing Resources

 

Grammar & Style

The Oatmeal: How to Use a Semi-Colon

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

Weird Al’s Word Crimes

 

General Writing Resources

NCSU Tutorial Center

UNC Writing Center

University of Houston Writing Center

Writing Commons

Writing an Effective Title

Writing & Speaking Tutorial Services

 

Citation and Formatting Resources

NCSU Citation Builder

OWL Purdue MLA Citation Guide

OWL Purdue APA Citation Guide

APA and MLA Citation Game

MLA Master Blaster Citation Game

 

Library Resources

NCSU Library Videos and Interactive Guides

 

Rhetorical Concepts

Silva Rhetoricae

 

• Argumentation

• Bustle: How to Win an Argument Using Ancient Philosophical Techniques
• Monty Python’s Argument Clinic
• University of Maryland, Baltimore Writing Center: How to Craft an Argument

 

•  Genre

• Recut Movie Trailers
• Writing a Literature Review and Using a Synthesis Matrix

 

• Rhetorical Fallacies

• PBS Idea Channel Five Fallacies
• Book of Bad Arguments
• University of Maryland, Baltimore Writing Center: How to Craft an Argument

 

Multimedia

Is Conflict Good for Progress? by Margaret Heffernan (TED Talk)

Battling Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (TED Talk)

RadioLab: Yellow Rain (critical questioning of sources)

What Aristotle and Joshua Bell Can Teach Us About Persuasion by Conor Neill (TED Talk)

 

Presentation Resources

Prezi

Emaze

Pecha Kucha

Teach with Pecha Kucha

10 Most Common Rookie Presentation Mistakes

 

Gamification

Jeopardy Game Builder

Class Tools

 

Collaboration Resources

Poll Everywhere

Padlet

Trello

Google Forms/Surveys

 

Multimodal & Design Resources

University of Mississippi Multimodal Composing Resources

George Lucas on Multimodal Communication

Sociological Images

Instructables

Piktochart

Pixabay

The Noun Project

ThingLink

Wix

Weebly