Tutoring
Tutoring Sessions
The Writing Center works on a peer-tutoring system. Each tutor is also a USU student and offers each student that visits the Writing Center the experience of looking at their writing in a no-pressure environment.
Tutoring sessions are designed to increase confidence in writers. The Writing Center helps students with all phases of the writing process, from brainstorming to revision. When looking at student writing, our main priorities are.
For more information on how to make an appointment and what to expect in a session, check out our What to Expect page. To make an appointment go to WCOnline and sign in with your account.What can the Writing Center help you with?
Content and Organization:
Brainstorming strategies
Opening and closing paragraphs
Organization
Purpose and audience
Thesis statement
Language and Style:
Diction
Exactness
Wordiness
Grammar and Mechanics:
Comma splice/run-on sentences
Fragments
Modifiers
Verb tense
Punctuation
Misuse of apostrophe
Sentence Structure:
Subordination and coordination
Parallelism
Subject/verb agreement
Pronoun/antecedent agreement
Paragraphing Writing:
Coherence
Development
Topic sentences
Research Writing:
Paraphrasing
Using quotations
MLA documentation
Parenthetical citations