Diction Links
English 1101/29&30     Spring 2001     Mr. Hagin


The Perfectibility of Words (Robert Hartwell Fiske)
http://www.vocabula.com/concisesample.htm

A Brief Guide to Reducing Wordiness (Norton Writing Center)
http://rx.stlcop.edu/wcenter/Wordiness.htm

Buried Under Words: Help for Wordiness Problems (University of Victoria)
http://www.humboldt.edu/~gbn2/wordyhlp.htm

Conciseness: Methods of Reducing Wordiness (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_concise.html

Concise Writing (Dr. Betty Hart, University of Southern Indiana)
http://www.usi.edu/extserv/usiowl/concisbh.htm

Concise Writing Handout (Rogue Community College)
http://distance.rogue.cc.or.us/owl/Business/concise.htm

Concision (Michael Harvey)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/concision.html

Curing Wordiness
http://www.transaction.net/web/tutor/text/terse.html

Deadwood Phrases
http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/deadwood.html

Writing Clear, Concise Sentences (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html

Nine Easy Steps to Longer Sentences (Kathy McGinty)
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/library/longsent.htm

Plague Words and Phrases (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plague.htm

Principles of Clear Writing (National Archives and Records Administration)
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/dldprinc.html

Improving Sentence Clarity (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentclar.html

Removing Word Clutter (Jennifer Jordan-Henley, Roane State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Clutter.html

Revising Common Sentence-Level Problems (Sharon Williams and Wendy Sharer, Hamilton College)
http://www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/CommonGramErrors.html

Strategies for Reducing Wordiness (Judith Kilborn, The Write Place)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html

Tips for Reducing Wordiness (Trobe University, Australia)
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/lasu/Resources_TRW.htm

Writing Concise Sentences (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm

Antiquated Phrases (Roane State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Antiquated.html

Tone and Audience Awareness (Roane State Community College)
http://www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_jj/OWL/Tone.html

Cohesion: Using Repetition (Judith Kilborn, St. Cloud University)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
 

English Mega Sites
These URL's link to comprehensive English websites that cover nearly every aspect of the writing process

Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (Michael harvey, Washington College)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/nb-home.html

The King’s English (H. W. Fowler)
http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html

Writing Center (University of Richmond)
http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb.html

Study Web: Links for Learning (Lightspan, Inc.)
http://www.studyweb.com/Language_Arts/langtoc.htm

Sentence Sense (Evelyn Farbman and Charles Darling)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/sensen

An Overview of Language Mechanics (Flora Joy)
http://www.etsu.edu/stories/langmech.htm