Writing Pitfalls: Shifting Style
A common mistake in style that I’ve seen recently is a shift in sentence style. Sometimes that means a shift in verb tense; sometimes it’s a shift in voice, mood, tone or word choice. Often there’s a shift in which point of view pronouns are being...
Writing a Lab Report
During your tenure in college, you may be asked to write a lab report at some point. Lab reports are often used, with some variance, in all of the sciences including chemistry, biology, psychology, physics and engineering. Your professor will likely give you a...
Integrating Quotes
While writing an essay, research paper, or report, you may run across a turn-of-phrase that is too perfect not to use word-for-word in your own paper. If you have the perfect line of writing from a source that just begs to be added in to your paper, there are a few...
How to Avoid Plagiarism
Chances are, you know not to copy and paste articles from the internet and try to pass them off as your own writing. However, plagiarism can happen accidentally through neglect rather than intent when you’re writing. Even if you’ve done it accidentally,...Social Media
