Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays
Second Edition

by
Pamela Arlov

Welcome to the online study guide for Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays, Second Edition. To enter this site, choose a chapter from the "Jump to" menu above.

Features of this site include:

• chapter learning objectives that help students organize key concepts
• online quizzes, which include instant scoring and coaching
• dynamic web links that provide a valuable source of supplemental information
• communication tools such as chat rooms and message boards to facilitate online collaboration and communication
• built-in routing that gives students the ability to forward essay responses and graded quizzes to their instructors
• eThemes of the Times collection for English
• Research Navigator™, which provides extensive help on the research process and three exclusive databases full of relevant and reliable source material including EBSCO's ContentSelect Academic Journal Database, The New York Times Search by Subject Archive, and Best of the Web Link Library. Click here to view a .pdf walk-through of Research Navigator™ (Acrobat Reader™ required. Click here or on the image below to download this application).