Last week we shared a faculty interview with Zak Lancaster. Zak had one more piece of advice to share… Do you have any advice for a student who finds it hard to start writing? Yes, I have an abstract piece of advice and several […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
It’s hard to believe it’s almost finals! In order to help you with those last papers and essays, our finals week schedule is up and ready. There are two ways to find the finals schedule. First, you can select it when you log into WCOnline. […]
Categories: Meta
Happy Friday! Here’s a look back at our week here at the Active Voice. – On Monday we featured Professor Zak Lancaster.– Tuesday we shared a tip for using Zotero to make citing sources easier.– Wednesday was a new word of the week.– […]
Categories: Meta
We recently stumbled upon a really neat campaign put on by Shared Worlds called Hand in Hand. According to their website, “Some days you just need a little nudge…a simple reminder that you’re not alone on this path you’ve chosen. Maybe you want […]
Categories: Tips and Tricks, Writing Process
circumlocution, n. “a. Speaking in a roundabout or indirect way; the use of several words instead of one, or many instead of few. b. a roundabout expression.” In order to avoid punishment, the student tried circumlocution when telling his professor why his paper was so late. “circumlocution, n.” OED […]
Categories: Word of the Week
Today’s tip comes from the eLearning librarian at ZSR Library, Kyle Denlinger. When I think back on all the research papers I wrote when I was in college, I’m struck by the countless hours I must have spent organizing, formatting, and proofreading my citations […]
Categories: Technology, Tips and Tricks
Dr. Zak Lancaster is a professor in the Writing Program at Wake Forest University. He completed his BA in English at Emory University before getting his Masters in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College Columbia University. Before coming to Wake Forest, he taught courses in […]
Categories: Faculty Feature, Meta
What a week! As we enjoy the long weekend, let’s also take a look back at a full week of poetry celebration!– On Monday, Professor Eric Ekstrand shared his thoughts on how poetry has shaped language.– Tuesday, Professor Elisabeth Whitehead talked about poetry […]
Categories: Interesting Reads, Meta, Poetry
So how does one celebrate poetry? Read it? Write it? Sure you can, but there are also lots of other things you can do throughout April (and beyond) to celebrate what Edgar Allan Poe calls “the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” – Participate […]
Categories: Poetry
Established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month aims “to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range […]
Categories: Poetry