Contact details for the London School of Journalism

Places to get help

Ask Oxford

Resources on the English language from the publishers of Oxford dictionaries

Book Rags

Study guides and message boards for over 100 classic works

Books and Writers

Introductions to many authors from Petri Liukkonen

Converse

Interactive help for literature students from Cambridge University Faculty of English

Downloadable
grammar guide

Free grammar guide from Lingua Systems which you can install on your PC and use like a Windows help file. Download gg111.zip (358k), unzip it, run install.exe

Englishbiz.co.uk

Good resources for help with GCSE English

Factbites

A cross between a search engine and an encyclopedia. Instant web guide to any topic.

Find Articles

Useful search engine for finding articles on authors

GCSE exam boards

Find syllabuses, specifications, marking schemes, advice for students, and other useful info

Getting an A

Getting an A on an English paper, by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University

GradeSaver ClassicNotes

Help for students, including ClassicNotes.

Historic figures

Notes on historic figures from the BBC

Historical Survey

A succinct survey of English Literature from the Renaissance to the 20th century by Bram de Bruin

Infoplease.com

Help on literary forms and movements, essays, bibliographies, punctuation, and more

Interpreting literature

Study guide for interpreting literature, film, and art, from Monika Brown of the University of North Carolina

Language resources

Online dictionaries, Roget's Thesaurus, A Word A Day, and more from Dictionary.com

Language resources

Free online dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauruses, from WordZone

Literary Encyclopedia

A free scholarly publication owned by its writers, most of whom teach in universities.

Literary terms

Glossary of literary terms from Cambridge University

Literary terms

Glossary of literary and rhetorical terms by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University

Literary terms

All-American glossary of literary terms

Literary terms

Cyber-English. Glossary of literary terms, and scroll down to 'Other sources' for more

Literary terms

Thompson Gale free resources

The Literature Network

Introductions to many authors and their works

Ms E's notes

Homework help, study guides, literature links, for students and teachers

Novelguide.com

Analysis of many novels, includes chapter summaries, character profiles, themes

Pink Monkey

Study guides on many authors (needs cookies enabled to work properly)

Shirl's site

Selection of essays, syllabi, and other resources, from Shirley Galloway

Spark Notes

Guides to numerous literary works, with message boards. Registration is free

Spelling

Free online (American) spelling course, from Marie Rackham

Teaching resources

Study guides and a wealth of other useful resources for English by Andrew Moore

Translation

Instant online text translation provided by WorldLingo

University of Toronto

A wealth of advice on academic writing, grammar, style, and much more

 

 

 

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