Learning resources
For undergraduate students in the Department of English
Understanding MLA style (8th Edition, 2016 updates)
Look Smart: Avoid Bad Grammar (Michael Ullyot's Literature Lab Module 1)
This video is a top-10 list of common grammatical errors: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, homonyms, inconsistent verbs, passive-voice verbs, vague pronouns, misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and parallelism.
Turn Ideas into Arguments (Michael Ullyot's Literature Lab Module 2)
In this video, you learn in four stages, how to: annotate texts (for six features); think about your notes; filter your thoughts; and summarize your arguments.
Quote with Integrity (Michael Ullyot's Literature Lab Module 3)
In this video, you learn why and how to quote other people’s writing, in your writing. You also learn how to cite your sources, whether they're prose or verse. And how to integrate that textual evidence smoothly into your analysis, and when to paraphrase it. Finally, you learn why plagiarizing sources in your essay is the equivalent of claiming that you and your friends recorded Rihanna songs in your garage.
Essay Writing for English Courses (Jon Kertzer)
Guidelines for MLA Formatting and Documentation
Michael Ullyot's Guide to Critical Writing
Writing Support Services
University of Calgary Library
Harvard Writing Center
Helpful books
Style
by Joseph Williams
Revising Prose
by Richard Lanham
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed
by Karen Gordon
Writing with Sources
by Gordon Harvey