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How to Help Peers Navigate The Realm of Rhetorical Analysis

I’ve encountered a slew of rhetorical analysis appointments here at the UCWbL. Often times, the students come in confused about what a “rhetorical analysis” even entails and…

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Creating Conversation: Code Meshing as a Rhetorical Choice

Code meshing is the combining of multiple dialects within any single context of communication,  written or oral. Code meshing raises issues of identity, voice, and choice of…

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Helping Writers Become Philosophers

Writing philosophical papers is difficult enough when you’ve already formed your ideas; as peer writing tutors, we’re usually well-equipped to help writers communicate things they already know.…

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Lean on Me: MLA to APA

Most teachers in high school teach MLA, so when it comes to college and your professor assigns you a ten-page research paper using APA citation style, you…

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Getting Creative at the Writing Center

Typically, a peer tutor in the Writing Center will come across many academic, research-driven assignments. On the other end of the spectrum lies creative works, such as…

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How to Approach a Brainstorming Appointment

What is the value? It can be hugely intimidating for both the tutor and writer when a student arrives with nothing prepared. These brainstorming sessions can sometimes…

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The Toulmin Model: UCWbL Edition

So what’s this all about? Hi fellow readers and writers! For my final project in our tutor training class, I chose to research and present the Toulmin…

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The Mad Lib from Hell: Three Alternatives to Traditional Outlining

Mad Libs are fun and zany, while traditional outlines can be tedious, limiting, and confusing. Although both involve filling in the blanks within a designated format, Mad…

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Working with PR Writers (and Beyond) at the UCWbL

At the UCWbL, we work with writers from a variety of different academic and professional disciplines. Yet, for the most part, when I talk to friends and…

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Identity Consciousness in Peer Tutoring

When asked to research and present on a facet of tutoring for my final project for WRD395: Writing Center Theory and Pedagogy, I originally decided to focus…