Purdue's OWL

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, located in my hometown, Indiana provides the free information for the students worldwide with the useful writing materials to improve their writings. The website also assists students with all of writing resources to help them succeed in their future such as professional writing or job searching writing. As I analyzed the website thoroughly, I found many things extremely helpful to me and it covered many sections what Lunsford et. al had sufficed. I would recommend any students to look in OWL website when they are struggling with English, because the website, without a question, has the tools to maximize students, or scholars’ writings to the fullest.

I feel that the website is the most credible source when it comes to writing a piece of paper from the range of a poem to the twenty-page essay. Writing out your ideas permits you to evaluate the adequacy of your argument and to find the adequacy; OWL covers all of the resources and tools you could think of. Do I recommend it to Gallaudet University’s writing department? Yes, not just limited to Gallaudet, but to the schools nationwide, even worldwide. OWL is like a world’s most beautiful rose hidden in the thorns and no one would bother to look for it. We need to clear the path and show it to the world how effective and helpful OWL is.

The resources OWL provided astonish me because the website covers every writing details and every writing struggles such as APA formatting, grammar mechanics, writing a literal analysis, English as Second Language, etc. If I am to fit in Exemplary Skills in Gallaudet Writing Rubric, then I should use all of vital resources in OWL website to shape my writing to maximize my capacities and place myself on far right column of the rubric. Rubric shows us the topics that we need to master at which are citing, conventions, critical thinking, organization, and author’s audience awareness and the website covers all of those criteria. Lunsford et al. 2007 is an utilitarian resource, yes, but it only covers on materials to strengthen my argument. Is it for everyone to use as their daily aid? No, and I aye to OWL as the best ingredient for all academic writers worldwide.

Let’s talk about the specs of the website. It is regret for thousands of teachers nationwide to overlook the assistance of the website. What shocked me the most were that the website actually includes ethos, pathos, and logos and their detailed information such as email etiquette for Professors. Have you thought of email etiquette for professors before? That proves how unbelievable the website is. They included the specifications that couldn’t overlook any struggled writers such as English as Second Language guidelines. Minorities in the world find that guideline inevitably vital because it would help us to move up to the bar of standard academic writing. I believe Lunsford et. al 2007 is already effective, but I now realize that OWL is much convenient and much savvy for all of scholars ranging from middle school students to graduate students. I say it should be a campaign nationwide to heal the places of much struggled writing society. Unlike Dr. Wood, I believe this website is a Koran to me.