Tag Archives: writing processes

Drafting and discovery strategies

I want to introduce you to some strategies you can use to better understand and relate to material you’re reading about. These strategies can also be used to generate potential …

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General tips on writing and revising

These notes on general tips for writing and revising are a work in progress, but they should be helpful to students in any of my WRTG classes.

Strategies for improving the structure of your papers

Try the following strategies to help you improve the structure for your papers or other types of writing. NEW: See these tips in presentation format on this post: General Tips …

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Rhetorical purpose of peer review

Before you do peer reviews in my class, I want to encourage you to think about the rhetorical purpose of peer review from several perspectives. (1) From the perspective of …

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Tips for improving the structure of personal essay drafts

The handout below applies specifically to the Digital Literacy Narratives my WRTG 1150 students wrote in Fall 2010, but I will soon adapt it to apply to other types of …

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Resources to help you develop a thesis and outline

(For WRTG 1150 - Spring 2010) Below are some links to handouts that will give you instruction in relevant aspect of writing a research paper. I didn’t require that you …

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Web sites to help with paragraph structure

Paragraphs and Topic Sentences (from Indiana University’s Writing Tutorials) On Paragraphs (from the Purdue OWL) You might also find these resources helpful, although they cover more than just paragraph structure: …

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