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,...
“Flow” – that catchall problem
Students often come in to the writing center asking for help with the “flow” of their paper. When questioned further about what exactly they mean by flow, they often can’t articulate what it is they feel they need help with. Sometimes they mean...
Personal Narratives – Explode the Moment
I’ve been reading some personal narratives recently, and I’ve noticed one thing in particular: there is no better way to capture my attention than to explode the moment you’re trying to describe. Cadets often come to the writing center with the bare...Social Media
