Russel Hirst
Associate Professor of English
Director, Program in Technical Communication


Department of English
The University of Tennessee
401-A McClung Tower

Knoxville, TN 37996-0430

Courses
255
460
462
466

McNair

UT
Tech Comm

Rhetoric, Writing, & Linguistics

English

ADVISING

Pubs in Library

Free Computer Classes

Writing Center

 

Professional Dev.
Internships

Internship Article

Jobs

STC/ETC

 

Reading
ORNLDPG

Editor's Guide

MS Programs

 

Resources

DAW

Hirst Edit

Greek & Latin nouns

Grammar Quiz

Joseph Nother

Michael Wender

Student Liaison

Other Resources

Strong Bad's advice

FYI

Evaluate a Hirst Course


Summer time on Earth. Enjoy the galaxy.

 

Useful web sites discovered by students last semester:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/01/
From Purdue’s online writing lab ("OWL").  Helpful hints on Active and Passive sentences. 
Good supplement to Dr. Hirst's style units.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/
Another link from Purdue’s OWL.  Shows examples of correct punctuation.  Near the bottom is
a section on quotation marks; helpful for the fiction papers.

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/creative/shortstory/index.html
A list of 10 tips for novice creative writers.  Great information on how to set up your fiction paper. 
Also tells how to create conflict, tension, etc.

http://xnet.rrc.mb.ca/leshanson/Writing_Resources.htm
Another link which will help you study for the final.  The site has PowerPoint lessons on grammar. 
It also has interactive exercises. 

Hyphen vs. en dash vs. em dash.

Philosophies of style.