Resources — Basics of Writing – Gulf Coast Writers Association

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Do you like playing games? Enjoy Jeopardy? Try playing these Jeopardy style writing games and learn while you play.

Road Trip Activities for the Car: Poetry Writing — suggested by students of a poetry class at Fuller Library.
Poetry Resources — suggested by Natalie, a young reader of our website.
Maryville University Online’s Literary Devices Guide — a link sent to us by Peyton, a 13-year-old aspiring writer.
A Guide to Writing for College by Veritas Prep sent to us by the Teen Zone Writing Club at Veritas Prep in Tennesee. Good links!
102 Common English Idioms with Meaning and Examples from Michelle, an English teacher.
Homophones, they are everywhere. Suggested by Cloe, a visitor to our website.
The Student’s Internet Research Guide from InternetAdvisor.com

Style Manuals – You pick the one you like, and stick to it.

https://www.perlego.com/knowledge/apa-guide/what-is-apa-citation-style/	A referencing and citations guide for APA and Harvard formats. The guide features tons of examples of how to cite various works in each format.
www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf	The American Anthropological Association style guide has some interesting stuff.
www.bartleby.com/141/	Online Strunk & White, Elements of Style, you can’t go wrong with this information.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/CMS	The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation. Perdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/MLA	Modern Language Association (MLA) style guide from Perdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/APA	APA (American Psychological Association) style guidelines from Perdue OWL

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