If you still think you can’t write an argumentative essay, think again. Remember the last time you convinced your roommate to get the pizza topping you like. Or that time you ranted on TikTok about ...

While teaching argumentative writing to her college English class, Lauren John learns a thing or two herself. With the fall college semester in full swing online, students in my Zoom-based writing ...

An argument paper is one in which the author takes a specific stance on a topic and attempts to sway the reader. Argument papers are not always assigned as such and may include certain types of ...

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 ...

14. Friends are more important than family. They say you can choose your friends, but not your family. At some point in our lives, friends are the ones who know our deepest secrets and give invaluable ...

Parents sometimes struggle when they try to explain why some people have more or less money than others. What’s your advice? By Shannon Doyne and Natalie Proulx The U.S. Transportation Department ...

(This is the last post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) And I did get it. Because if you take away the drama and the dubious threat of weaponizing nausea, you’re ...

To get high scores at essay writing tests, learners of English as a foreign language need to focus on good arguments more than on complex grammar. The finding challenges conventional approaches to ...

We need to do a much better job of teaching our students to write effectively. Effective writing is far too important to be left to freshman rhetoric and composition courses or designated writing ...