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Revision help
BBC Bitesize Standard Grade English
Leckie & Leckie Standard Grade English
Academic honesty
Open University Helpsheet on References, bibliographies and plagiarism
Dictionaries
The Free Dictionary - with encyclopedia and thesaurus
Lexical Freenet - Connected thesaurus
Word Spy - Lexpionage, sleuthing of new words and phrases
Thesaurus.com - Roget's Thesaurus online
MerriamWebster - main US online dictionary
Discursive Essay
Before you start, work through these tutorials on Issues and sources and Checking your sources to help you choose your information.
Use the Debatebase and the Great Debate sites for ideas. Then use the news and statistics sites for examples and further information.
For a search which gives you both sides of an argument side by side try Glean Comparison Search
For information on issues of health, eating disorders and substance abuse, try the links on our Guidance page.
Try Thinktank make your research more manageable.
Current Events
Literature Online
Bartleby - Great books online, reference, verse, fiction, non-fiction
Converse - The literature website
Internet Public Library Online texts
Multicultural Children's Literature
Literary summary and analysis
Media
Intute Media Gateway - search here for the best media links
Poetry
Poetry Archive - recordings of poets reading their own work
Robert Burns
National Library of Scotland - Robert Burns
Shakespeare
Mr William Shakespeare on the Internet
Writing help
Ability.org.ukGrammar - useful list of grammar help sites
Jack Lynch's guide to grammar and style
Write it! - Find your voice, develop your craft, publish your work
Writers' Window - Share your work online