Cultural differences in rhetorical conventions may affect the paper's structure and organization. Writers may rely on rhetorical conventions that are used in their cultures. It takes time to learn and ...

Brady Krien is a Ph.D. candidate in English literature at the University of Iowa where he teaches in the Department of Rhetoric. You can find him on Twitter at @BradyKrien. Regardless of your ...

This is going to sound strange coming from someone who spent his career teaching writing and now spends his time trying to help others teach writing better, but it is entirely possible that, with the ...

Beth D. Cohen is a professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs and director of the legal research and writing program at Western New England University School of Law. She is a member of the ...

Does thinking about spending hours grading student writing fill you with dread? It doesn’t have to! Writing is an essential activity for developing higher order thinking ability such as critical ...

The results, published in the journal Assessing Writing, confirmed her suspicions. She found that high-scoring essays shared features related more to the ability to express complex meaning, such as ...

A while back I asked a highly accomplished colleague, "How do you know when your writing is good enough to make it public?" With her masterful efficiency and confidence she responded, "Great question, ...

Every semester, Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) hosts our innovative Faculty Writing Fellows Program. The Program supports teams of faculty in their efforts to teach students to write more ...

Matt Gomes teaches courses in the professional writing program, including Introduction to Writing Studies, Teaching Writing, Professional Writing, Technical Communication, Writing for Social Change, ...