The classical liberal arts education was founded on the three arts of the trivium: grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic. We can apply the thinking and communication skills embodied in the trivium to the present-day challenges of writing for the World Wide Web.

Structuring clear communication

Engaging your audience

Inviting meaningful interactions

Grammar Overview

Parts of Speech
nouns
verbs
modifiers
pronouns
conjunctions

Structure
sentence
paragraph
syntax

Usage
vocabulary
semantics
spelling
punctuation

Rhetoric Overview

Modes of Appeal
logos
ethos
pathos

Canons
invention
arrangement
style
memory
delivery

Dialectic Overview

Dialogue
access
FAQs
informal logic
SEO
blogging

University of Hawai`i at Manoa | Outreach College | Pacific New Media | Writing for the Web

last updated 3/18/05 by jz