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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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