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in case you need them...

online guides to grammar and writing from some well-known college writing centers:

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

The Guide to Grammar and Writing

LEO: Literacy Education Online

University of Minnesota Online Grammar Handbook

additional resources:

www.dictionary.com: a good general dictionary

Merriam-Webster dictionary: for more precise definitions, secondary definitions, and some etymology as well

online etymology dictionary: for when you just HAVE to know what a word meant 600 or 2,000 years ago

Artcyclopedia: the guide to great art on the internet

a handy list of literary devices

glossary of literary terms from Virtual Salt

copyediting marks for those who want to know