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Drafting
Editing/Revising
Paragraph and Essay Writing Links For College Writing II
Paragraph Multimedia Presentation
(If the Multimedia Presentation won't show, you may need to CLICK HERE and download this program before viewing this presentation. This program will not damage your computer or put spyware on it.)
- Descriptive Paragraph
- Narrative Paragraph
The assignment as outlined in the department syllabus
An example of a short narrative
Another example of a short narrative
One explanation of how to write a longer narrative paragraph assignment and an example
- Illustrative Paragraph
The assignment as outlined in the department syllabus
- Comparison/Contrast Paragraph
The assignment as outlined in the department syllabus
- Cause/Effect Paragraph
- What is an Essay
Click here for some brief notes and one take on essay writing
- The Five-Paragraph Essay
How to build a Five-Paragrpah Essay
- Persuasive Essay
Grammar Sites
Grammar Help-A great site for practice with Grammar. Sample self-grading tests and more. It's great for your CWI and CWII Classes
- Plagiarism Sites
Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize It and Avoid It (Indiana University)
YOUR COURT/TRIAL STORY--Click here to go to the site to post your court story and read others.
NOTE***Some of these links will open as Word Documents
Interviewing--audio files
Sample Interview1:--Listen to a sample interview about public relations and getting media attention. It's great info! Be sure to CLICK THE PURPLE PLAY BUTTON at the top of the page to play the interview
Sample Interview 2:--Listen to a sample interview about public event planning here. It's great info! CLICK THE PURPLE PLAY BUTTON at the top of the page to play the interview
These News Writing links will open as Web Pages
The best journalism links page I've ever seen--from OSU. It's got it all!
The Superstar of Nosey Research links--101 links to help you keep digging deeply into public records and check facts. WOW!
NEWSROOM 101-- Take all 50 spelling/editing tests and watch your skills grow!
AP Style Quiz--take this and master AP style. It's tricky!
YOUR COURT/TRIAL STORY--Click here to go to the site to post your court story and read others.
Writing a Press Release --Click here for a sample Press Release
Press Release Writing Tips-Click here for a "How To" guide for writing releases
Sample Interview1:--Listen to a sample interview about public relations and getting media attention. It's great info! Be sure to CLICK THE PURPLE PLAY BUTTON at the top of the page to play the interview
Sample Interview 2:--Listen to a sample interview about public event planning here. It's great info! CLICK THE PURPLE PLAY BUTTON at the top of the page to play the interview
General Help for All Writers
- Grammar Sites
Grammar Help-A great site for practice with Grammar. Sample self-grading tests and more. It's great for your CWI and CWII Classes
Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize It and Avoid It (Indiana University)
News Writing Research Databases
Click the link below to go to the Oklahoma County Courthouse Records Search.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/start.asp?viewType=
Click the link below to look up an inmate in the Oklahoma County jail.
http://www.oklahomacounty.org/cosheriff/
Click the link below to look up someone's tickets or warrants records in the Oklahoma City Municipal court.
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Click the link below to look up someone's records with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections-those incarcerated or previously incarcerated in Oklahoma.
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Http://docapp8.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=395&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 |
Daily Oklahoman Research
Click the link below to go to research the archives for The Daily Oklahoman
http://www.occc.edu/library/Articles.html
Then Click on the Oklahoman and Past Issues.
You may be directed for an ID and password if off campus. Your ID is your student ID number on your identification card, and your password is your Month and Day of birth, such as 1217.
Links for your enjoyment and entertainment
Student Publication Opportunities
Scribendi: A Forum for Collegiate Art and Literature. University of New Mexico. Early November deadline.
Student Essay Contests
The Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics Essay Contest: yearly (December deadline)
The Norton Scholar's Prize: yearly (April deadline)
Yale Anglers' Journal: yearly (March 15 deadline)
Fun Sites
- Bad Hemingway Story Creation (Madlib)
- BookCrossing.com intended to make the world a library
- Censored: about book banning
- Classic Reader: many full-text literary "classics" available online
- Dictionary of Difficult Words
- Electronic Literature Organization
- Greek and Latin Root Words
- Madlibs: includes Shakespeare, Salinger, and the Beatles
- Rhymezone
- Shakespearean Insulter
- Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang (William Denton)--the language of Sam Spade
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