Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window.
                                                                                         —William Faulkner

Select Web Resources on Research, Rhetoric and Style
(This page is under construction. I will be adding links to this page throughout the term.)

Research Guides

•  Beginning Research on Any Topic Page at Stanford Library
  Very useful for getting started.
  
•  Evaluating Sources Page at Cornell University
  
•  Evaluating Web Sources Page at John Hopkins University
  
•  Using Primary Sources in Research Page at Yale University Library
  A great orientation to using primary sources in a research project.
  
• Using Primary Sources in Research Page at U.C. Berkeley
  Another great orientation to using primary sources.
  

Rhetoric and Style

• The Forest of Rhetoric (Silva Rhetoricae) at Brigham Young University
  An excellent, extensive hyperlinked history of rhetoric and glossary of major rhetorical figures. Constructed and maintained by Gideon Burton.
  
• A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices at Virtual Salt
  An excellent, detailed description of major rhetorical figures and tropes, with lots of explanation and examples. See also Virtual Salt's Glossary of Literary Terms. Maintained by Robert A. Harris.
  
• An Illustrated Glossary of Rhetorical Terms at Armstrong Atlantic State University
  Another very good glossary of rhetorical terms, with good examples. Maintained by Richard Nordquist.
  
• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms at the University of Kentucky
  A briefer but useful glossary of major rhetorical figures, with examples in English and Latin. Maintained by Ross Scaife.
  
• Rhetoric Resources: Terms at Georgia Tech
  Click on "Terms"in the bottom menu bar to go to helpful pages that describe Aristotle's topoi, ethos (ethical proofs), major rhetorical tropes, a history of style, and so forth.
  
• Figures of Speech at Nipissing University
  A list of major rhetorical tropes and figures, with helpful examples. Maintained by Grant Williams.
  

Other Web Pages that list Resources such as these:

• Jack Lynch's Web Page of Resources for Writers at Rutgers University
  A well-known, categorized list of resources, including several that appear here. Lynch is a professor at Rutgers
  
• The Rhetoric Page at Kettering University   
  An up-to-date, extensive list of resources. See the section "Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication Links" for resources on rhetoric. See "Resources for Students" for style, grammar, and research guides. Maintained by Professor Mark Gellis.