To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. The art of rhetoric started with the ancient Greek philosophers. Later, during the Roman republic, politicians and statesmen used rhetoric in speeches ...

Descriptive writing is a powerful tool that adds life and depth to your writing. Effective descriptions breathe life into your ideas and put the reader in the scene where those ideas live. If I want ...

Myths were created by early civiliations to make sense of things happening in the natural world around them. In Greek mythology the Titan Atlas bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. A Greek ...

The UAB Writing Center can help you with any kind of writing and at any stage of the process. Whether you need help brainstorming ideas for your history paper, revising your personal statement, or ...

Think back to the last time you jotted down a quick note or made a grocery list. Chances are, it wasn’t with pen and paper. Over the past decade, keyboards and screens have quietly replaced ...

As of this writing, organizers across the U.S. are planning for over 3000 marches and rallies on March 28, 2026, for the No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action. San Francisco’s march and rally, hosted by ...