1. Writing….
Some
Advice.

3. RULE 1: No One Wants to Read Bad
Writing

4. Bad Writing is illogical, disorganized,
ungrammatical and factually wrong
LOGICAL ARGUMENT
Socrates is a Man.
All men are mortal.
Therefore, Socrates is
mortal.

5. ILLOGICAL ARGUMENT
Socrates is a Man.
Socrates eats
cheeseburgers.
Therefore, all men eat
cheeseburgers.

6. DRIVEL (Not even an Argument)
Socrates is a Man.
Socrates did not
drive a car.
Therefore, I like
pasta and wear
orange sweater
vests.

7. ORGANIZE! USE AN OUTLINE!

9. CHECK YOUR FACTS !!!
Better yet, don’t make up stuff and
stick it in your paper as “filler”

10. CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR!!!
Final drafts should be free of basic errors – invest in the effort to correct your work

11. RULE 2: PLAGIARISM IS WRONG

12. Teachers, Professors, Bosses and Editors can check:

14. “Free
Encyclopedia”
does not
mean “Free to
copy and
paste whole
paragraphs or
pages into my
paper without
attribution”

15. ATTRIBUTION
PARAPHRASE In your own words
and state your source.
QUOTATION “Ask not what your
country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country”
CITATION -------->

16. This advice was
for
non-horrible,
academically
acceptable,
writing