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Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors
In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs....
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IntensIve englIsh as a second language: student handbook
To provide rigorous English language instruction that prepares conditionally and provisionally admitted international...
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Steven Bookman - Pace University ePortfolio
Mahara is an open source ePortfolio and social networking web application. It provides users with tools to create and...
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ENG 201A: Writing across the Disciplines Textbook
This textbook is part of an OER Grant for Prof. Bookman's ENG 201A Writing in the Disciplines class in 2019. The emphasis...
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The Art of Academic Writing
This is an OER textbook formatted as a website (each page represents a chapter) designed for introductory college-level...
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ENGLISH 147: Writing Arguments about STEM (Cal Poly SLO)
English 147: Writing Arguments about STEM website includes course material developed at California Polytechnic State...
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Breaking Down Academic Articles
Breaking Down Academic Articles is a webcomic tutorial that walks you through the most important aspects of an academic...
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Jane Austen: Reflections of a Reader
This exhilarating collection of essays is the product of a lifetime's engagement with Jane Austen's writing. They are...
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The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge
Children’s literature is written for children and youth, but the analysis of children’s literature requires careful...
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The Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up
The book deals with fairy tales in traditional times and how the modern fairy tales are a transgression from the myths...
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Home - Litinfinite Journal | ISSN: 2582-0400 [Online]
Litinfinite Journal ISSN 2582-0400 (Journal Of English Literature, Social Science And Humanities) Presents The Ideal...
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Four Rules of Thumb for Essay Writing
This is a classroom handout for first-year college or university students. It provides a "quick and dirty" scaffold for...
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Introduction to College Composition | Lumen Learning
As the second of a three-course sequence that culminates in English Composition I (college-level composition),...
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod". Volume 3: 1900-1905
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a...
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Annotated Bibliographies
As annotated bibliographies (ABs) become more commonly assigned, it is important to not only know what they are, but why...
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Museindia-Slices of Life
Poetry expressing slices of life...
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Passive and Active Voice
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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How Comics Work
An introduction to the literary form of comics - as a comic! Introducing and defining key concepts in comic studies, as...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Can Humans Defy Aging and Conquer Death?
This video offers a summary and analysis of the main themes in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The world’s first recorded epic...
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Breaking Down Your Prompt
This fillable Google Doc helps you break down any prompt into its main tasks and requirements, list helpful resources and...
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Writing LCC - An Anthology of Student Writings
The writings in this book were collected from students and their professors at Lansing Community College. The requirement...
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Integrating ICT into English
This website provides many activites to integrate ICT into English curriculum of reading and writing.
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Draft Course Design.pdf
This document is a draft of a Business Writing course design for fall 2020. Its goal is to map out a possible delivery...
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Research for College Students
Presents the research process for lower-level undergraduate students: developing topics, understanding sources,...
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Adriana FreeDTC
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Shweta KashyapNew Delhi
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Linda YeeDe Anza College
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Lane RhodesUniversity of North Carolina System - Charlotte
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Maria SclafaniWichita State University
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Balew KebedeAddis Ababa University
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Alfredo AlmeidaColegio Cedros
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Clarissa West-WhiteBethune-Cookman University
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Jennifer KiddButler County Community/Technical College
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Jo LobertiniSouth College
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Tabetha NguyenUniversity of Arkansas Cossatot Community College
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English on the Web
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2021 Goldenrod Festival honors 10 finalists for their poetry contributions
Apr 13, 2021 10:48 AM PDT
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British Filmmaker Jack Jewers Gives Ancient Poetry New Life In His Video Series 'inVerse'
Apr 13, 2021 10:26 AM PDT
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On Poetry and Leadership
Apr 13, 2021 10:15 AM PDT
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The New York Public Library Launches Its First World Literature Festival Highlighting Its ...
Apr 13, 2021 09:30 AM PDT
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Focus on haiku for Hadley's poet laureate
Apr 13, 2021 09:18 AM PDT
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Queens assemblyman brings back Mother's Day essay and poetry contest for District 26 students
Apr 13, 2021 08:56 AM PDT
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Opinion: Poetry is not a thing of the past
Apr 13, 2021 08:43 AM PDT
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Weingarten participates in Poetry Out Loud
Apr 13, 2021 08:33 AM PDT
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Recent UW grad, an Afghan Kurdish poet, wins $90000 scholarship for immigrants with ...
Apr 13, 2021 08:11 AM PDT
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Badia Literature Club presents poetry evening on April 12
Apr 13, 2021 07:48 AM PDT
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Bihar: Inquiry ordered after Paru MLA gets vaccinated at home in Muzaffarpur
Apr 13, 2021 07:26 AM PDT
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Fengdu Novel Launches Li Hu's New Book 'King of All Xiang' Online
Apr 13, 2021 06:07 AM PDT
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Word S5:E5: National Poetry Month Part 2 — The Valley Of The Poet
Apr 13, 2021 05:11 AM PDT
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NYC teen poetry slam brings out the best in students
Apr 13, 2021 04:03 AM PDT
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From The Papers: Mary Baker Eddy's Poetry
Apr 13, 2021 02:56 AM PDT
English on Twitter
- Join NCA's Officers for a Conversation with NCA Leadership on April 19, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. (Eastern)! Officers will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 hour ago | NatComm
- The latest issue of CCC includes articles on communal justicing; feminist and antiracist disruptions to composition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- The #CFP for #4C22 is now open. The proposal submission deadline is Monday, June 7, at 11:59 p.m. ET.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- RT @ncte: Now available in the @NCTE_CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR) Series: Writing Accomplices with Student Immigrant Rights O…5 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- The @ACLS1919 Fellows for 2021 include three Communication scholars: @mccNYU Prof @cassius_a, @UofUComm Prof Ashley… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | NatComm
- Now available in the CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR) Series: Writing Accomplices with Student Immigrant… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…17 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- Amazon workers are organizing in response to working conditions that they feel are unacceptable, including the use… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 hours ago | NatComm
- NCA Members: Register today for @COSSADC Social Science Advocacy Day, to be held April 27, 2021. This virtual event… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- The COVID-19 pandemic has also spawned an “infodemic,” the spread of a lot of information related to the disease, i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- 'Warriors and Weavers: The Poetics and Politics of Indigenous Appropriations of New Media Technologies in Latin Ame… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | ModLangOpen