Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...

This technique gives multilingual students explicit instruction on how to effectively develop their ideas for each part of a ...

We are reading this article not for its content – although I expect it to be of interest to many of you, especially the criminology majors – but as an illustration of how to think in terms of ...

Higher Order Concerns (HOC) should be the priority during revision because they have the greatest impact on successful communication. Feedback focuses on examination of topic, relevant research, and ...

Writers who need to persuade an audience usually think about logos, ethos, and pathos. Or about what they need to say. But, ironically, where you put information can trump what you say. Moreover, ...

The structure of a text is how it is organised and how its parts fit together. Writers structure their texts deliberately to have an effect on the reader. Exam questions ask you to comment on how ...