Writing
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Universities across North America share tips on academic writing. The most comprehensive sources are fromÌý and . Most of the links below refer to these sources.
Types of Academic Writing
- lecture notesÌý
- ±è°ù´Ç±è´Ç²õ²¹±ôÌý
- annotated bibliographyÌýÌýÌý[]
- book review or article critiqueÌý
- technical reportÌýÌý[]
- essay
- argumentative (persuasive) essay
Elements of Writing
- words
- sentencesÌý
- paragraphsÌýÌýÌý
- quotationsÌý
- citations
- Author-date Style examples []
- in-text citations and references (Author-date style) - Chicago Manual of Style: [ []
- illustration captionsÌý
- abstractÌý
Process of Writing
- preparingÌýÌý
- researchingÌý
- finding, evaluating, and recording Internet sourcesÌý
- taking notes from sourcesÌý
- using softwareÌý
- organizing an essayÌý
- making an outline
- making a reverse outlineÌý
- writing an introductionÌý
- arguing and emphasizingÌý
- quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sourcesÌýÌý
- writing a conclusionÌý
- revisingÌýÌý
- editingÌýÌýÌý(Strunk and White,ÌýThe Elements of Style)Ìý
- proofreadingÌý
- formatting and printingÌýÌý
- making an oral presentationÌý[]
Business Writing
- writing a résuméÌýÌý[]Ìý[3]
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