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ACA Rhetoric and Public Address Library


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http://www.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/rhetoric.html
Maintained by the American Communication Association, this site links to speeches, literature, rhetoric, and guides to public speaking.

A Beginner's Guide to HTML
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
If you wish or need to learn the basics of html.

Graphion's Online Type Museum
http://www.slip.net/~graphion/style.html
Good advice about indenting, using capitals, spacing, and leading. Hyperlinked definitions and examples round out the presentation.

A Glossary of Typographic Terms
http://www.slip.net/~graphion/gloss.html
A good starting point for anyone interested in design and layout in print and online venues.

A Visual Thesaurus
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
A strange and captivating site that gives a visual representation of synonyms; requires high-end computer with Java capability.

Stats Every Writer Should Know
http://nilesonline.com/stats/
This site describes writers' need for understanding and interpreting statistical data.

Ten Common Typesetting Mistakes
http://vera.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/typesetting/
This explanation of common typesetting mistakes made by those using word processors gives a good thumbnail guide to document planning and desktop publishing.

The Icon Browser
http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/iconbrowser/icons.html
Symbols and icons.

Multimedia and Clip Art
http://www.itec.sfsu.edu/multimedia/multimedia.html
Maintained at San Francisco State, this site features links to clip art, icons, and graphics.