Category Archives: Writing Help

Here is an opening paragraph that displays some common early draft traits that a good revision will eliminate. Too many sentences begin with, or contain “There is” or “there are” or “it is” components. Those phrases almost always result in … Continue reading →

Lecture Text Readers can bail on us after any word: this one, or the next. Their time is precious; the world is lively with distractions, and increasingly the page where we meet them is studded with seductive links. Re-read the … Continue reading →

Why this is important I found Username a source using Google Scholar and the Rowan library. “I can’t find any sources!” Username and I were talking yesterday about his topic, the hateful anti-gay rhetoric spewed by the Westboro Baptist Church, … Continue reading →

A Recent Semester’s Static Visual A couple of semesters back, my Comp II students examined and analyzed a static graphic before they “graduated” to critiquing their Moving Visuals. Their reactions were various, eventually. For a while, they stumbled and couldn’t … Continue reading →

Exercise: Remove 2nd person language Money seems to have a big role in our society; you can’t do much or get far if you don’t have any. Money is valuable in different ways, even when you don’t see it physically. … Continue reading →

For your Definition (Category) Argument, your other Shorter Arguments, and of course your Research Paper will have to include a Works Cited. Please understand this is different from a Bibliography, which identifies every source you consulted in your research. The … Continue reading →