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School of Language and Literature  Welcome to the Writing Centre for the School of Language and Literature, part of the Faculty for Humanities!

Associated Departments 

Perhaps you are also interested in the English Language Division or the Department for Literary Studies.

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Welcome
Welcome to the Writing Center for the School of Language and Literature and the English Language Department. In a traditional university setting, the Writing Center is a place that provides students with assistance on papers, projects, reports, and just about any other type of composition involving words. The Writing Center is staffed by professionals, such as faculty members of the university, and peers, such as graduate or advanced undergraduate students, who can assist students in writing a better, more focused paper. A good writing center will help a writer find his/her voice and come to grips with his/her strengths and weaknesses as a writer. In addition, a writing center will provide help with grammar, style, syntax, punctuation, citation of sources, etc.

The Writing Center here at Wikiversity is no different. We are here to assist you with your papers, projects, and reports. And in keeping with the Across the Curriculum movement of Writing Centers and English Departments, the Writing Center is available for use to any student of any school in the Wikiversity program.

Unfortunately, we have no staff at this time, though the English Language Reference Desk is up and running, and you may ask questions there. If you are a qualified professional or peer and would like to contribute your time to the Writing Center, please feel free to do so. We are looking for ways that tutors can connect with students. Please share any ideas in the Talk section of this page.



Contents

 * Composition
 * Rhetoric
 * Creative Writing
 * Collaborative play writing
 * Technical Writing



Community
Fiction writing support group



Useful information

 * Composition
 * Read this article on basic English grammar
 * Sentence Sense: A an online textbook in basic writing
 * Learning English Online
 * Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
 * Rhetoric
 * Resources in Rhetoric at UGA

Related Wikibooks

 * Basic Writing
 * Basic Book Design
 * Business writing
 * Composition
 * Creative Writing
 * How to write a research paper in History
 * How to write an essay
 * Note taking
 * Rhetoric and Composition

Writing resources on the web

 * The Rhyme Zone - Tool for writing poetry
 * Magnetic Poetry's "Play Online"
 * Writing Tips Blog
 * Essay Topic Ideas

Examples of good writing

 * "Fatal fall of Wright airship", an excellent example of descriptive writing, published by the New York Times on September 18th, 1908

Citing sources in a bibliography

 * MLA Style
 * APA Style
 * The Elements of Style
 * Style guide
 * Manual of Style



Active Participants
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 * Matt Trainer
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