The University of Nevada, Reno’s program in Writing and Speaking in the Disciplines (WSID) helps fulfill the University’s Writing and Speaking Initiative by supporting faculty as they teach writing ...

Students in UWS learn that all writing is motivated (sometimes also referred to as the question, problem, so what?, or what’s at stake?). Everything, from an analytical essay to a grant proposal to a ...

The writer sets out to interpret, assess, and/or complicate a source or set of sources. This use of a source is sometimes called “close textual analysis” or “close reading.” Close reading of a ...

Students are often asked to write arguments beginning in their English classes, but don’t realize that argumentation strategies can be used in many different disciplines, such as defending research, ...

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