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University Writing Center

The UWC has developed a number of resources on a variety of topics. All UT students and faculty are welcome to view and download these resources from this page. Additional information and our policies can be found below.

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Specific resources for you and additional support, resources policies, available resources.

The Presentations team manages all resources the UWC offers, and we are constantly working to keep all our resources up-to-date and inclusive. In the spring of 2020, we initiated a major revision project of our handouts in the interest of making them more inclusive. This work is ongoing, and we invite you to contact us with any suggestions or concerns about any of our posted materials.

The list of resources below includes handouts, presentations, and videos. Each item is marked to tell which kind of resource it is.

Looking for resources specifically for undergraduate students, graduate students, and instructors? Head over to our How We Help page and click on the group you’re looking for. At the bottom of each page, there is a list of resources specifically for that audience. You can also find out about all the services available to you at the UWC on this page.

You are welcome to use our resources as teaching materials. Please be sure to properly attribute us if you use our resources.

Additional Resources

  • ChatGPT & LLMs_2023
  • Code-Switching and Code-Meshing
  • College Writing Myths
  • Crafting Your Research Story (video)
  • Developing Writing Partnerships (40-50min)
  • Entrepreneurship Resources
  • Hire an Editor
  • How to Conduct Peer Review (interactive workshop)
  • Metadiscourse (video)
  • Optimizing Zoom for Student Writing Conferences (video)
  • Peer Review (45-50min)
  • Peer Review (45-50min) Presenter Template
  • Psychology CVs
  • RHE 306 Recommended Presentations Schedule
  • Resources for Multilingual Writers
  • Résumé-Writing Resources
  • Starting a Writing Group
  • Starting a Writing Group (video)
  • Using Zoom Breakout Rooms to Support Writing Instruction (video)
  • Writing Groups (45-50min)

Documentation & Style Guides

  • APA Documentation
  • Chicago Style: Formatting Author-Date
  • Chicago Style: Formatting Footnotes and Bibliography
  • Chicago Style: Formatting Your Paper with Notes and Bibliography
  • MLA 7th Edition: Examples
  • MLA 7th Edition: Format
  • MLA 8th Edition: Examples
  • MLA 8th Edition: In-Text Citations
  • MLA 8th Edition: Works Cited

Grammar, Usage, & Punctuation

  • Apostrophes
  • Capitalization
  • Definite and Indefinite Articles Flow Chart
  • Direct Quotes and Paraphrase (video)
  • Eliminating Wordiness
  • Focusing on Transitions
  • Formatting Numbers
  • Fragment and Run-on Sentences
  • Passive Voice and Passive Agency
  • Prepositions: A Rough Guide
  • Resisting Clichés
  • Semicolons, Colons, and Em Dashes
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Verb Choice
  • Verb Tense and Aspect
  • Verbs of Attribution

Instructor Trainings

  • Improving Responses to Student Writing (45-50min)

Research Papers and Lab Reports

  • Data Presentation
  • Editing Lab Reports
  • Lab Reports
  • Paraphrasing
  • Primary and Secondary Sources
  • Revising Lab Reports (45-50 min.)
  • Steps for Writing a Research Paper
  • Tips for Writing Lab Reports
  • Using and Framing Direct Quotations
  • Writing Lab Reports (45-50min)
  • Writing Research Introductions
  • Writing Research Papers (30-40min)
  • Audience (video)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism (25-35 min)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism (25-35 min) Activity
  • Brainstorming
  • Conclusions
  • Final Revisions Checklist
  • Graduate Services at the UWC (15-20 min)
  • Grammarly Presentation (30-35 min)
  • How to Edit Your Own Writing
  • Introduction to Graduate Student Services (video)
  • Introduction to the UWC (10-15 min)
  • Introductions
  • Paragraphing
  • Revising Organization: Reverse Outlining
  • Thesis Statements
  • Writing in Process (15-30min)

Writing Guides

  • Analyzing Poetry
  • Art and Art History Papers: Formal Analysis and Comparative Analysis
  • Close Reading Literature
  • Cover Letters
  • Definitions of Poetic Devices
  • How to Construct and Format a Resume
  • Journalistic Writing and AP Style
  • Making the Transition from High School to College Writing
  • Personal Statements
  • Personal Statements: Models for Generating Content
  • Revising Essays and Research Papers (45-50min)
  • Rhetorical Analysis
  • Rhetorical Fallacies
  • Sentence Clarity (45-50min)
  • Stasis Theory: How Can It Help Generate Ideas?
  • Transitioning from College Writing to Graduate Writing (30-40 min)
  • Transitioning from High School to University-Level Writing (45-50min)
  • Writing About People Respectfully
  • Writing Abstracts (45-50min)
  • Writing Effective Internal Transfer Essays ( 35-45 min. )
  • Writing Literature Reviews (25-35min)
  • Writing Personal Statements (35-45min)
  • Writing Resumes, CVs, and Cover Letters (45-50min)

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University Writing Center

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Welcome to the University Writing Center and the Graduate Student Writing Center

If you haven’t used the Writing Center before, choose your schedule (undergraduate or graduate) and fill out the registration form. After you have set up a user name and password, you will be allowed to make an appointment. If you are already registered, enter your name and password to access your schedule.

Undergraduate Students can make 30-min. appointments with any available tutor and will meet in the Marriott Library location on the second floor

Graduate Students and Faculty can make hour-long appointments with an available tutor and will meet with that tutor in LNCO 3815

Bring your Assignment Sheet and a hard copy of your paper

Come prepared to ask questions, talk about your writing, and listen to new ideas

Once you have completed your appointment, you are welcome to make another later that day, or later in the week if there is a tutor available

Cancellation Policy

We require 8-hour notice if you need to cancel your appointment. If you don't give us adequate notice, WC on-line will block you from making another appointment for one week

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The purpose of the University Writing Center is to assist students, staff, and faculty in understanding and improving their writing. We assist clients to develop a writing process, learn to assess their own written texts, and strategize different ways to approach writing projects. We believe this purpose is maximized in an environment enriched with support, encouragement, and purposeful creativity. The University Writing Center employs both undergraduate and graduate student consultants from a variety of departments. Consultants possess a high level of skill and receive extensive and on-going theoretical and pedagogical education. During one-to-one conversations, University Writing Center consultants help writers discover what they know and need to know in order to communicate more effectively in various textual modes and rhetorical situations. Staff members and consultants are committed to respectful intercultural exchanges as they assist writers in developing and deepening academic knowledge for the benefit of the university, home communities, and the world. We celebrate the pursuit of writing to learn across curricula, disciplines, and genres.

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Follow the steps below to break down the writing process.

To get started, formulate a plan. Work backwards from your paper’s due date and create a customized calendar or timeline for your project. Set a target date for each step.

If you’ve already started writing, learn about revising your rough draft . If you need further writing assistance, visit the University Writing Center in PCL 2.330.

Choose a Topic

Pick something that interests you. To generate ideas, review the indexes and bibliographies from class readings, talk to your instructor, and brainstorm with classmates. If your instructor chooses the topic for you, make sure you understand it thoroughly, then figure out what about the topic interests you.

Refine Your Topic

Choose a topic that has a narrow scope. Move from the general to the specific, such as

History of French art → History of 19th century French art → History of French art from 1895 to 1900 → Comparison of impressionism and symbolism in French art from 1895 to 1900

Collect Your Ideas

Scan a wide variety of sources about your topic to develop an overview of available information. Based on that overview, start reading and taking notes from the sources most relevant to your topic. Take advantage of bibliographic citation software to keep track of your sources.

Organize Your Ideas

Make an outline and look for patterns in ideas, notes, and sources you’ve collected. If you can’t find any patterns, try to arrange your ideas into a sequence that would make sense to a reader. Use a thesis statement as a magnet—once you create a thesis, you can direct everything else towards it.

Put Your Ideas on Paper

Start writing anywhere in the paper you feel you have something to say. It doesn’t need to be the beginning. Work diligently to get something down and set a goal for each writing session. Work quickly; don’t fret over selecting the perfect word or phrasing the most elegant sentence. Allow yourself to edit and revise later; this is only a draft. Use the outline you’ve already established, but be prepared to modify it if necessary.

If you get stuck, talk about your idea with a friend, with an instructor, or just out loud. The act of selecting words to voice your ideas can translate to selecting words to write. Imagine a real reader for the paper; think of yourself as telling a story to an interested audience.

Revise Your Rough Draft

Give yourself time to edit. Make sure you finish your paper at least 24 hours before it’s due. Learn more about revising your rough draft .

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  1. Resources

    The UWC has developed a number of resources on a variety of topics. All UT students and faculty are welcome to view and download these resources from this page. Additional information and our policies can be found below. About Resources Specific Resources for You and Additional Support Resources Policies Available Resources About Resources

  2. Undergraduate Services

    Why Visit the Writing Center? Our writing tutors can help you improve any aspect of your writing in any discipline. We are here to help you: Understand your assignment; Develop ideas; Organize thoughts; Form an argument; Consider the audience; Improve the clarity of the writing; Create and improve paragraphs; Improve continuity and flow

  3. Make an Appointment

    Make an Appointment | Graduate Student Appointments | Undergraduate Student Appointments | Welcome to the University Writing Center and the Graduate Student Writing Center If you haven’t used the Writing Center before, choose your schedule (undergraduate or graduate) and fill out the registration form.

  4. University of Utah Writing Center

    The purpose of the University Writing Center is to assist students, staff, and faculty in understanding and improving their writing. We assist clients to develop a writing process, learn to assess their own written texts, and strategize different ways to approach writing projects.

  5. Writing

    If you’ve already started writing, learn about revising your rough draft. If you need further writing assistance, visit the University Writing Center in PCL 2.330. Choose a Topic