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Writing at Denison

What qualifies as good writing should transfer from one discipline or major to another.  A good writer should pay attention to the needs of her or his audience, to the purposes of the writing, and to the writer's own ethos, or voice.  These attentions should result in writing that is clear, cohesive, and well-supported.

But these qualities of good writing can take on shapes and voices that vary from discipline to discipline.  What one discipline values — perhaps the use of first-person pronouns — another discipline may prohibit.  The pages that follow suggest to the Denison writer how to adjust to the writing conventions of each of the following majors:

• Writing At Denison - Cinema
• Writing At Denison - Communication
• Writing At Denison - Education
• Writing At Denison - History
• Writing at Denison - Musicology
• Writing at Denison - Sociology/Anthropology
• Writing at Denison - Women's Studies
  

For more information, contact Brenda Boyle.
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