Welcome

This website serves as a virtual handbook for students in both English 150 and English 190/2 at the Madrid Campus of Saint Louis University.  It provides student reference and assignment materials.

Students should click on the links below to access the appropriate pages as directed by their instructor.  Some links will access non-SLU websites.  Clicking on the "Wiki" link at the top will bring you back to this page.

Grammar & Mechanics

• A Writer's Reference, by Diana Hacker (when prompted to log-in, click "cancel")
• Common Errors Workbook: Grammar, by Lester Faigley
• Guide to Grammar and Writing - Capital Community College 

Handouts 

• UNC Writing Center Handouts
• Purdue OWL Resources
• Dartmouth Material for Students 

SLU Library Databases (log-in required to access)

Reference Materials

• Oxford English Dictionary (requires SLU login)
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Visual Thesaurus 
• Roget's Thesaurus Online 

The Writing Process - KU

Rhetoric & the Rhetorical Triangle

Rhetorical Triangle and Register Activity

Thesis Statements - Dartmouth

Rhetorical Strategies:

• Narrative
• Description
• Exemplification
• Definition
• Cause/Effect
• Comparison/Contrast
• Process
• Classification/Division
• Argumentation
• Summary/Critique
• Analysis

Analysis of Argument - University of Richmond

Research

• Research and Documentation Online, by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister 
• SLU Writing Center MLA Handout
• SLU Writing Center APA Handout 
• Chicago Style Quick Guide 

 
Writing in the Disciplines

SLU Madrid English Writing Center