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FOR STUDENTS
Visiting | Preparing | Assistants | What you can do | Resources
WHAT WRITING ASSISTANTS CAN
(AND CANNOT) DO...
We Can Help You To Get Started:
- Talking with you about your ideas
- Asking questions to help you focus your topic
- Reviewing the assignment to make sure you understand it
- Introducing you to the library's on-line catalog
We Can Help You To Revise A Draft:
- Reviewing comments you have already received
- Providing guidance and strategies for structuring and organizing a work
- Advising you about ways to support your ideas with specific examples and with quotations from outside sources, when called for
- Suggesting specific ways to clarify the ideas in your sentences
- Helping you with correct documentation of sources
We Can Help You To Proofread a Draft:
- Identifying problems with grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, and documentation and helping you to find ways to improve them
- Providing dictionaries, grammar handbooks, and handouts for your use
- Helping you to identify and correct errors, to avoid them in the future
- Suggesting strategies and tactics to enable you to edit and proofread your own work more effectively
We Can Help You To Feel Good About The Writing Process:
- Welcoming you to the Writing Center
- Treating you and your writing with courtesy and respect
- Helping you to grow as a writer
BUT, Some Things We Can Never Do:
- Write or research your paper for you
- Proofread your paper for you
- Guarantee a higher grade
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