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Script It!

It looks like writing communities love the symbolism that comes with Spring–new beginnings, fresh starts, germination, rebirth, etc. Not only is April National Poetry Month, as fellow…

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Happy National Poetry Month!

Welcome to a new quarter, everyone, and welcome as well to April, National Poetry Month! In 1996, the Academy of American Poets designated the first National Poetry Month, and it…

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Is it time to ditch your USB thumb-drive?

If you store your work to a USB thumb-drive, you’ve probably felt the stomach-churning sensation induced by the the realization that you’ve somehow lost or destroyed it.…

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Quick Questions—On Focus(ed) Groups

Question: I am a bit confused about terminology. Should it be ‘focus group’ or ‘focused group’?  For example, if I am writing the sentence, ‘The chairman is…

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Cue the Music: Musical Rhetorics

Its that time of year.  Digication portfolios are due. If you’re like me, you’re concerned with trying to give your portfolio a little pizazz. (Because presentation is…

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Quick Questions—On Citing Online Sources

Question: How would I cite these two sources (MLA style): Source 1 and Source 2? Thanks, — Response: Hi —! Thanks for your question. According to the seventh…

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Social Cataloguing, Books, and Snow Days

You might ask what these things have in common. Books are often enjoyed in solitude, but on one of DePaul’s snow days earlier in February, I found…

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Quick Questions—On Getting Started

Question: Do you have any resources that can help me communicate my thoughts on paper? Thanks, — Response Hi —! We do provide many resources on our…

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Research-Writing Workshops to Come to Suburban Campuses!

Winter quarter is nearly half done, and I’m sure everyone knows what that means. Mid-terms are over, the snow is starting to melt, and the UCWbL’s winter…

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Make Reading Work for You

One of the most important things for bettering your writing is something that feels it is frequently forgotten.  When you think of English class in high school…