This document provides advice on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning, organizing, developing a thesis, writing introductions and conclusions, structuring paragraphs, taking notes, reading critically, dealing with new vocabulary, and avoiding plagiarism. It discusses formatting different types of academic writing like abstracts, comparative essays, and annotated bibliographies. Tips are provided on revising, editing, punctuation, and proper use of the English language. Specific techniques are outlined for previewing, skimming, scanning and summarizing texts.
The document provides guidance on various aspects of academic writing such as essay writing, dealing with writer's block, organizing essays, reading and researching, taking notes, using sources, and specific writing tasks. It discusses developing a clear argument and thesis in essays. It offers tips for planning and outlining essays while avoiding overplanning. The document also covers summarizing, paraphrasing, using quotations, and documenting sources properly. Various writing challenges are addressed, along with punctuation, grammar, and style concerns.
This document provides advice on academic writing, including how to structure essays and paragraphs. It recommends that essays have a clear argument and thesis. Paragraph structure should include a topic sentence that presents the central idea. When taking notes from research, students should focus on key ideas and avoid copying large portions of text. Summarizing requires distilling the main concepts into a concise overview using your own words. Previewing a text helps orient the reader to what is most important.
This document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses establishing an argument in an essay, dealing with writer's block, planning and organizing an essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion, choosing topic sentences, reading and researching critically, summarizing sources, revising, editing for spelling and grammar, and properly formatting assignments. Tips are provided for avoiding plagiarism and improving English skills like using articles and gerunds/infinitives. The overall message is that academic writing requires investigation of topics, organized ideas, and attention to structure and mechanics.
This document provides guidance on writing academic essays. It discusses the basic structure of essays, including having an introduction, body, and conclusion. The body should include topic sentences that state the main point of each paragraph and support is provided. Good introductions provide context and indicate the essay's focus, while strong conclusions provide closure and encourage further thought. When writing, students are advised to understand the essay topic, outline their ideas, and ensure unity within and between paragraphs. Revising and editing are important final steps to refine the essay.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, organization, research, and style. It recommends that essays have an argument, answer a question, try to prove something through reasoning and evidence, and develop a thesis. It also discusses developing an outline, writing an introduction and conclusion, organizing paragraphs, incorporating sources through summaries, paraphrases and quotations, revising, and proper formatting. The document offers tips for critical reading, evaluating online sources, and looks at common areas graded like following the assignment, quality of ideas, organization and writing skills.
This document provides guidance on writing academic essays. It discusses that essays should have an argument, clear organization, and aim to prove a point. The writing process involves pre-writing, writing, and revising stages. Effective organization techniques include outlining ideas on index cards or using the outline view in word. Proper essay structure consists of an introduction stating the topic, body paragraphs with justified main points, and a conclusion summarizing arguments and ideas for further thought. Extensive revision is important to transform a first draft into an excellent final paper.
Planning and organisation of essays by Cristian ZarzaCristian Zarza
This document provides guidance on planning and organizing essays. It discusses developing a thesis statement, creating an outline, structuring paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting details, and writing effective introductions and conclusions. Key steps include planning with mind maps or notecards, using various paragraph types to structure the essay body, and concluding with a summary or call to action that leaves the reader with something to consider.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, organization, research, and style. Some key points include:
1. An essay should have an argument supported by evidence and examples. It should answer a question or thesis.
2. When formulating a thesis, consider the topic and questions you will seek to answer.
3. Organization, introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion should clearly present the argument.
4. Conduct research by taking relevant notes and avoiding plagiarism through proper citation.
5. Edit for style, grammar, and flow of ideas between sentences and paragraphs.
The document provides guidance on various aspects of academic writing such as essay writing, dealing with writer's block, organizing essays, reading and researching, taking notes, using sources, and specific writing tasks. It discusses developing a clear argument and thesis in essays. It offers tips for planning and outlining essays while avoiding overplanning. The document also covers summarizing, paraphrasing, using quotations, and documenting sources properly. Various writing challenges are addressed, along with punctuation, grammar, and style concerns.
This document provides advice on academic writing, including how to structure essays and paragraphs. It recommends that essays have a clear argument and thesis. Paragraph structure should include a topic sentence that presents the central idea. When taking notes from research, students should focus on key ideas and avoid copying large portions of text. Summarizing requires distilling the main concepts into a concise overview using your own words. Previewing a text helps orient the reader to what is most important.
This document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses establishing an argument in an essay, dealing with writer's block, planning and organizing an essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion, choosing topic sentences, reading and researching critically, summarizing sources, revising, editing for spelling and grammar, and properly formatting assignments. Tips are provided for avoiding plagiarism and improving English skills like using articles and gerunds/infinitives. The overall message is that academic writing requires investigation of topics, organized ideas, and attention to structure and mechanics.
This document provides guidance on writing academic essays. It discusses the basic structure of essays, including having an introduction, body, and conclusion. The body should include topic sentences that state the main point of each paragraph and support is provided. Good introductions provide context and indicate the essay's focus, while strong conclusions provide closure and encourage further thought. When writing, students are advised to understand the essay topic, outline their ideas, and ensure unity within and between paragraphs. Revising and editing are important final steps to refine the essay.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, organization, research, and style. It recommends that essays have an argument, answer a question, try to prove something through reasoning and evidence, and develop a thesis. It also discusses developing an outline, writing an introduction and conclusion, organizing paragraphs, incorporating sources through summaries, paraphrases and quotations, revising, and proper formatting. The document offers tips for critical reading, evaluating online sources, and looks at common areas graded like following the assignment, quality of ideas, organization and writing skills.
This document provides guidance on writing academic essays. It discusses that essays should have an argument, clear organization, and aim to prove a point. The writing process involves pre-writing, writing, and revising stages. Effective organization techniques include outlining ideas on index cards or using the outline view in word. Proper essay structure consists of an introduction stating the topic, body paragraphs with justified main points, and a conclusion summarizing arguments and ideas for further thought. Extensive revision is important to transform a first draft into an excellent final paper.
Planning and organisation of essays by Cristian ZarzaCristian Zarza
This document provides guidance on planning and organizing essays. It discusses developing a thesis statement, creating an outline, structuring paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting details, and writing effective introductions and conclusions. Key steps include planning with mind maps or notecards, using various paragraph types to structure the essay body, and concluding with a summary or call to action that leaves the reader with something to consider.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, organization, research, and style. Some key points include:
1. An essay should have an argument supported by evidence and examples. It should answer a question or thesis.
2. When formulating a thesis, consider the topic and questions you will seek to answer.
3. Organization, introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion should clearly present the argument.
4. Conduct research by taking relevant notes and avoiding plagiarism through proper citation.
5. Edit for style, grammar, and flow of ideas between sentences and paragraphs.
This document provides information on various types of writing styles and skills for improving reading comprehension. It discusses discursive, exploratory, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, formal, analytical, and chronological writing. It also covers compare and contrast style, improving reading skills like reading for study, choosing texts, reading techniques, note taking, and what constitutes reading comprehension. Key aspects of writing styles like structure, evidence, counterarguments, and conclusions are outlined.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing. It discusses determining an essay topic and developing a thesis statement. It emphasizes the importance of organization, revising extensively through multiple drafts, and paying attention to transitions between ideas. The document also offers tips for understanding essay topics, dealing with writer's block, planning and outlining essays, developing paragraphs, taking effective notes, and incorporating sources through quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
This document provides information on various types of writing styles and skills for improving reading comprehension. It discusses discursive writing structure, including introducing topics, providing background context, outlining arguments, counterarguments, and conclusions. Explorative, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, formal, analytical and chronological writing styles are also defined. Techniques for effective reading like setting goals, choosing relevant texts, scanning, skimming and note-taking are outlined. The importance of reading comprehension, separating passive from active readers, and developing a reading skills ladder are highlighted in 3 sentences or less.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, thesis statements, paragraph structure, and use of sources. It emphasizes that essays should have a clear argument supported by evidence. Good writing practices include starting early, outlining, and revising. When using sources, direct quotations should be limited and paraphrasing or summarizing is often better. The document also covers topics such as understanding essay topics, writing introductions and conclusions, comparing items in a comparative essay, and revising for clarity and organization.
The document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses the key characteristics of academic writing, including being formal, unbiased, clear, precise, well-structured, and well-sourced. It contrasts academic writing styles with high school writing. The document also outlines the steps for effective reading, research, planning, organizing, using sources, and creating bibliographies for academic writing. This includes techniques like previewing, skimming, scanning, summarizing, using topic sentences and outlines to structure paragraphs and essays, properly citing sources to avoid plagiarism, and formatting bibliographies.
The document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as planning, organizing, reading, researching, using sources, specific writing types, style and editing. Some key points covered include:
- Planning an essay involves formulating a question, developing a thesis, and organizing arguments clearly.
- Critical reading involves determining claims, context, evidence and evaluating strengths and weaknesses. Notes should be labeled for later use.
- Sources must be properly cited to avoid plagiarism. Quotations should not overcrowd your own ideas.
- Different writing types have distinct goals and organizations such as explaining a topic for the public or asking a historical question.
- Revising, concise writing, unbiased language, proper punctuation
The document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses various topics like planning and organizing an essay, reading and research, using sources, and specific types of writing like book reviews and literature reviews. Some key points include how to formulate a thesis and outline for an essay, techniques for taking effective notes from research sources, how to avoid plagiarism by properly citing sources, and the purpose of a literature review in conveying established ideas on a topic to the reader.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, research, and reading strategies. It recommends that essays have a clear argument, answer a question or thesis, and be logically organized to present the argument. Effective planning is important to produce a coherent paper. Strong introductions set up the topic and context while conclusions provide closure and further thought. Paragraphs should each focus on a central idea supported by topic sentences. Thorough research requires critical reading, note-taking, and evaluating sources. Previewing, skimming, and summarizing texts aid comprehension.
This document provides advice for academic writing. It discusses developing an argument and hypothesis, organizing an outline, and researching a topic through critical reading and note-taking. The writing process includes planning with a thesis statement, drafting an introduction with background and a conclusion that wraps up the key points. When researching, it's important to evaluate sources and integrate them properly into the writing. Revising involves checking the fulfillment of the assignment, organization, style, and flow. Different types of writing like literature essays require focusing on analysis over plot summary and integrating quotations. The overall message is that starting early, planning thoroughly, and revising extensively are keys to strong academic writing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as the pre-writing stage, introductions, conclusions, paragraphs, quotations, and punctuation. It discusses planning ideas and questions to consider in the pre-writing stage. It also offers tips for writing introductions, conclusions, and paragraphs as well as introducing and formatting quotations. Finally, it provides guidance on using punctuation like commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic writing such as understanding essay topics, organizing an essay, reading and researching, using sources, revising writing, and specific types of writing. It discusses key elements like introductions, conclusions, paragraphs, topic sentences, taking notes, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying and fixing sentence fragments. The document aims to offer students advice to improve their academic writing skills.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as revising, editing, punctuation, and grammar. It discusses the writing process, which includes planning, organizing, outlining paragraphs with topic sentences, conducting research through critical reading and note-taking, and summarizing. The document also covers skills like using punctuation correctly, avoiding passive voice, improving spelling, dealing with new vocabulary words, and formatting papers properly. Overall, the document aims to help students improve their academic writing abilities.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning and organizing, reading and researching, revising, and specific writing styles. It discusses developing a thesis statement and outlines for organizing essays. It offers tips for critical reading, taking notes, summarizing texts, and avoiding plagiarism when using sources. The document also covers writing introductions and conclusions, developing paragraphs, and revising for elements like punctuation, spelling, and language usage. Overall, the document aims to equip students with fundamental skills for successful academic writing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of writing academic essays, including planning, researching, outlining, and revising. It recommends beginning the writing process early and developing a provisional hypothesis. When planning, students should design an outline and organize their paper during the pre-writing stage. Effective research involves critical reading to understand an author's key ideas and evaluating evidence. When outlining, students can use index cards in different colors to organize their points. The document also provides tips for writing introductions, conclusions, integrating sources, and revising. It emphasizes starting early and maintaining an organized writing process.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as developing an argument, addressing writer's block, critical reading, planning essays, and revising writing. It discusses formulating a thesis, doing research, taking notes, incorporating sources, and avoiding common grammatical errors. The document also outlines different types of academic assignments and offers additional resources for academic writing support.
The document provides advice to students on academic writing at the university level. It discusses developing an argument with a clear thesis, structuring essays with topic sentences and well-organized paragraphs. General writing tips include starting early, extensive revision, and proofreading. When researching, the document advises taking detailed notes and using sources critically to form your own analysis. It also reviews techniques like skimming, scanning, and summarizing to aid comprehension of academic texts.
This document discusses various aspects of reading comprehension and effective reading strategies. It addresses topics like top-down and bottom-up processing, coherence and cohesion, referencing, and features of well-written texts. It also discusses how good readers adjust their skills based on the text, use metacognition to connect different processing levels, and combine old and new strategies. Lexical accessibility and using various clues and knowledge sources are presented as ways to improve understanding.
The document provides advice on the stages of academic writing: pre-writing, writing, and revision. It discusses developing a thesis, creating an outline, drafting with topic sentences and evidence, and revising for clarity, structure, and style. The goal is to present an organized, logical, and persuasive argument. Key aspects are identifying the assignment, researching sources, planning content and structure, writing drafts, and editing the final paper.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning, researching, using sources, structuring paragraphs, and revising. Some key points covered include: starting the writing process early and keeping the overall purpose in mind; taking focused notes during research and labeling them intelligently; using quotations, paraphrases and summaries while citing sources properly; using topic sentences to unify paragraph ideas and linking words to enhance flow; and revising to check for fulfillment of the assignment requirements and overall organization.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning, organizing, researching, and revising essays. It discusses developing a thesis statement, introducing and concluding paragraphs effectively, structuring paragraphs with topic sentences, reading sources critically, taking useful notes, and dealing with unfamiliar words. The document offers specific tips and strategies for each component to help students improve their academic writing skills.
The document provides an overview of various topics related to academic writing, with each topic covered on its own slide. The topics covered include understanding essay topics, dealing with writer's block, organizing an essay, integrating note-taking and planning techniques, using topic sentences and thesis statements, writing introductions and conclusions, using paragraphs effectively, conducting critical reading and research, summarizing and citing sources, grammar and style guidelines, and formatting bibliographies.
This document provides information on various types of writing styles and skills for improving reading comprehension. It discusses discursive, exploratory, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, formal, analytical, and chronological writing. It also covers compare and contrast style, improving reading skills like reading for study, choosing texts, reading techniques, note taking, and what constitutes reading comprehension. Key aspects of writing styles like structure, evidence, counterarguments, and conclusions are outlined.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing. It discusses determining an essay topic and developing a thesis statement. It emphasizes the importance of organization, revising extensively through multiple drafts, and paying attention to transitions between ideas. The document also offers tips for understanding essay topics, dealing with writer's block, planning and outlining essays, developing paragraphs, taking effective notes, and incorporating sources through quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
This document provides information on various types of writing styles and skills for improving reading comprehension. It discusses discursive writing structure, including introducing topics, providing background context, outlining arguments, counterarguments, and conclusions. Explorative, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, formal, analytical and chronological writing styles are also defined. Techniques for effective reading like setting goals, choosing relevant texts, scanning, skimming and note-taking are outlined. The importance of reading comprehension, separating passive from active readers, and developing a reading skills ladder are highlighted in 3 sentences or less.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, thesis statements, paragraph structure, and use of sources. It emphasizes that essays should have a clear argument supported by evidence. Good writing practices include starting early, outlining, and revising. When using sources, direct quotations should be limited and paraphrasing or summarizing is often better. The document also covers topics such as understanding essay topics, writing introductions and conclusions, comparing items in a comparative essay, and revising for clarity and organization.
The document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses the key characteristics of academic writing, including being formal, unbiased, clear, precise, well-structured, and well-sourced. It contrasts academic writing styles with high school writing. The document also outlines the steps for effective reading, research, planning, organizing, using sources, and creating bibliographies for academic writing. This includes techniques like previewing, skimming, scanning, summarizing, using topic sentences and outlines to structure paragraphs and essays, properly citing sources to avoid plagiarism, and formatting bibliographies.
The document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as planning, organizing, reading, researching, using sources, specific writing types, style and editing. Some key points covered include:
- Planning an essay involves formulating a question, developing a thesis, and organizing arguments clearly.
- Critical reading involves determining claims, context, evidence and evaluating strengths and weaknesses. Notes should be labeled for later use.
- Sources must be properly cited to avoid plagiarism. Quotations should not overcrowd your own ideas.
- Different writing types have distinct goals and organizations such as explaining a topic for the public or asking a historical question.
- Revising, concise writing, unbiased language, proper punctuation
The document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses various topics like planning and organizing an essay, reading and research, using sources, and specific types of writing like book reviews and literature reviews. Some key points include how to formulate a thesis and outline for an essay, techniques for taking effective notes from research sources, how to avoid plagiarism by properly citing sources, and the purpose of a literature review in conveying established ideas on a topic to the reader.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as essay structure, research, and reading strategies. It recommends that essays have a clear argument, answer a question or thesis, and be logically organized to present the argument. Effective planning is important to produce a coherent paper. Strong introductions set up the topic and context while conclusions provide closure and further thought. Paragraphs should each focus on a central idea supported by topic sentences. Thorough research requires critical reading, note-taking, and evaluating sources. Previewing, skimming, and summarizing texts aid comprehension.
This document provides advice for academic writing. It discusses developing an argument and hypothesis, organizing an outline, and researching a topic through critical reading and note-taking. The writing process includes planning with a thesis statement, drafting an introduction with background and a conclusion that wraps up the key points. When researching, it's important to evaluate sources and integrate them properly into the writing. Revising involves checking the fulfillment of the assignment, organization, style, and flow. Different types of writing like literature essays require focusing on analysis over plot summary and integrating quotations. The overall message is that starting early, planning thoroughly, and revising extensively are keys to strong academic writing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as the pre-writing stage, introductions, conclusions, paragraphs, quotations, and punctuation. It discusses planning ideas and questions to consider in the pre-writing stage. It also offers tips for writing introductions, conclusions, and paragraphs as well as introducing and formatting quotations. Finally, it provides guidance on using punctuation like commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic writing such as understanding essay topics, organizing an essay, reading and researching, using sources, revising writing, and specific types of writing. It discusses key elements like introductions, conclusions, paragraphs, topic sentences, taking notes, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying and fixing sentence fragments. The document aims to offer students advice to improve their academic writing skills.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as revising, editing, punctuation, and grammar. It discusses the writing process, which includes planning, organizing, outlining paragraphs with topic sentences, conducting research through critical reading and note-taking, and summarizing. The document also covers skills like using punctuation correctly, avoiding passive voice, improving spelling, dealing with new vocabulary words, and formatting papers properly. Overall, the document aims to help students improve their academic writing abilities.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning and organizing, reading and researching, revising, and specific writing styles. It discusses developing a thesis statement and outlines for organizing essays. It offers tips for critical reading, taking notes, summarizing texts, and avoiding plagiarism when using sources. The document also covers writing introductions and conclusions, developing paragraphs, and revising for elements like punctuation, spelling, and language usage. Overall, the document aims to equip students with fundamental skills for successful academic writing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of writing academic essays, including planning, researching, outlining, and revising. It recommends beginning the writing process early and developing a provisional hypothesis. When planning, students should design an outline and organize their paper during the pre-writing stage. Effective research involves critical reading to understand an author's key ideas and evaluating evidence. When outlining, students can use index cards in different colors to organize their points. The document also provides tips for writing introductions, conclusions, integrating sources, and revising. It emphasizes starting early and maintaining an organized writing process.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as developing an argument, addressing writer's block, critical reading, planning essays, and revising writing. It discusses formulating a thesis, doing research, taking notes, incorporating sources, and avoiding common grammatical errors. The document also outlines different types of academic assignments and offers additional resources for academic writing support.
The document provides advice to students on academic writing at the university level. It discusses developing an argument with a clear thesis, structuring essays with topic sentences and well-organized paragraphs. General writing tips include starting early, extensive revision, and proofreading. When researching, the document advises taking detailed notes and using sources critically to form your own analysis. It also reviews techniques like skimming, scanning, and summarizing to aid comprehension of academic texts.
This document discusses various aspects of reading comprehension and effective reading strategies. It addresses topics like top-down and bottom-up processing, coherence and cohesion, referencing, and features of well-written texts. It also discusses how good readers adjust their skills based on the text, use metacognition to connect different processing levels, and combine old and new strategies. Lexical accessibility and using various clues and knowledge sources are presented as ways to improve understanding.
The document provides advice on the stages of academic writing: pre-writing, writing, and revision. It discusses developing a thesis, creating an outline, drafting with topic sentences and evidence, and revising for clarity, structure, and style. The goal is to present an organized, logical, and persuasive argument. Key aspects are identifying the assignment, researching sources, planning content and structure, writing drafts, and editing the final paper.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning, researching, using sources, structuring paragraphs, and revising. Some key points covered include: starting the writing process early and keeping the overall purpose in mind; taking focused notes during research and labeling them intelligently; using quotations, paraphrases and summaries while citing sources properly; using topic sentences to unify paragraph ideas and linking words to enhance flow; and revising to check for fulfillment of the assignment requirements and overall organization.
This document provides guidance on various aspects of academic essay writing such as planning, organizing, researching, and revising essays. It discusses developing a thesis statement, introducing and concluding paragraphs effectively, structuring paragraphs with topic sentences, reading sources critically, taking useful notes, and dealing with unfamiliar words. The document offers specific tips and strategies for each component to help students improve their academic writing skills.
The document provides an overview of various topics related to academic writing, with each topic covered on its own slide. The topics covered include understanding essay topics, dealing with writer's block, organizing an essay, integrating note-taking and planning techniques, using topic sentences and thesis statements, writing introductions and conclusions, using paragraphs effectively, conducting critical reading and research, summarizing and citing sources, grammar and style guidelines, and formatting bibliographies.
The document provides advice on academic writing from the University of Toronto. It discusses developing an argument in essays, the differences between high school and university writing expectations, planning and organizing essays, writing introductions and conclusions, developing paragraphs, reading and researching critically, specific types of academic writing, and editing for style. It emphasizes developing a clear thesis, considering the intended audience and discipline, and structuring essays in a logical flow of ideas supported by evidence.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as planning, organizing, researching, drafting, and revising papers. It discusses how to structure essays with clear introductions, thesis statements, body paragraphs, and conclusions. It also offers tips for taking effective notes from research sources, integrating quotes and paraphrasing properly, and addressing specific types of academic writing like book reviews or lab reports. The document stresses the importance of outlining, drafting, and revising papers to produce clear, well-organized writing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing. It discusses including an argument and thesis in essays, using proper organization and structure. Successful writing involves starting early, keeping overall purpose and organization in mind, extensive revision and sentence-level editing, and proofreading. The transition from high school to university writing involves moving from set formulas to developing individual structures and focusing on critical thinking over knowledge demonstration. Other topics covered include dealing with writer's block, outlining and planning essays, writing introductions and conclusions, using topic sentences, critical reading and source use, vocabulary building, research techniques, summarization, documentation formats, and revising and editing.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing for college students. It discusses how to plan and organize an essay by formulating an argument, thesis, and topic. It also covers how to structure introductions, conclusions, and paragraphs. The document offers tips for reading critically and researching topics, as well as using and citing sources properly to avoid plagiarism. It provides guidance on writing different types of assignments such as book reviews, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, abstracts, and comparative essays. Finally, it gives some specific advice for writing history and literature papers.
This document provides advice on academic writing for university students. It covers various topics like essay structure, thesis statements, outlining, note-taking, research, citations, revisions, and specific types of writing assignments. The document emphasizes developing a clear argument, critical thinking, avoiding plagiarism, integrating sources, and revising for conciseness. It also includes tips for writing effectively in different disciplines and genres.
Academic essays require an argument supported by evidence from sources. They should have an introduction that provides context and a thesis, body paragraphs that develop the argument, and a conclusion. When writing, students should do research, take notes, write drafts, and revise for clarity, flow, and to address any errors. Proper formatting of citations and references is needed to avoid plagiarism.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as developing arguments, organizing essays, using thesis statements, writing introductions and conclusions, taking notes, avoiding plagiarism, revising writing, and improving spelling. It addresses common errors and offers tips for using punctuation correctly. The document also discusses summarizing sources, using quotations and paraphrasing, and referencing sources using different citation styles.
This document provides advice on academic writing, including understanding essay topics, organizing essays, developing paragraphs, and revising writing. It recommends formulating a clear thesis statement, using an introduction to engage readers and provide context, and concluding by reinforcing the central argument. Well-organized paragraphs are key, with a topic sentence and logical progression of supporting ideas through techniques like definition, analysis, and illustration. Thorough revision is emphasized to transform a first draft into an excellent final paper.
This document provides a summary of key points about academic essay writing. It discusses planning an essay by formulating a question or thesis and developing an outline. Introductions should identify the topic and context while conclusions provide closure. Paragraphs are used to develop ideas with a topic sentence guiding each. Research involves critical reading to evaluate sources and incorporate citations. The writing process includes revising for organization, style, and accuracy.
This document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses developing an argument, proving claims with evidence and reasoning, formulating questions to answer, and considering counterarguments. It also offers tips for organizing an essay through outlining and reverse outlining. Additional sections cover using thesis statements, writing introductions and conclusions, developing paragraphs, critical reading and writing to avoid plagiarism, and revising. The document is intended to help students improve their academic writing skills.
This document provides general advice on academic writing and essay composition. It discusses key elements such as having an argument, formulating a thesis statement, organization, successful writing methods like outlining and revising. It also covers organizing an essay, developing a thesis statement, writing introductions and conclusions. Additional topics covered include paragraphs, topic sentences, critical reading skills, research methods, summarizing, using sources, quoting and paraphrasing, specific types of academic writing, and revising and editing. The overall document offers a comprehensive overview of the essay writing process and common elements of academic writing.
The document provides advice on academic writing and summarizes slides on various topics related to writing essays, including planning and organizing an essay, using thesis statements, different types of essays, paragraphs, topic sentences, skimming and scanning, summarizing, paraphrasing, plagiarism, documentation, and bibliographies. The document emphasizes the importance of careful planning, outlining, and revising essays. It also discusses effective reading strategies like skimming and scanning and how to write topic sentences, paragraphs, summaries, and paraphrases while avoiding plagiarism through proper citation of sources.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as structure, reading and researching, using sources, and bibliography formatting. It recommends outlining paragraphs with topic sentences, researching before writing, and developing ideas with cohesion and transition words. Sources should be cited using documentation styles like MLA or APA and direct quotes, paraphrases, and summaries need in-text citations and references. The conclusion restates the main points and places the advice in a broader context.
This document provides advice on academic writing. It covers general topics such as essay structure, thesis statements, introductions and conclusions. It also discusses planning and organization, including outlining and determining how much time to spend planning. Additionally, it addresses reading and research, such as critical reading, note taking, dealing with new words, and summarizing. The document also provides guidance on using sources, including quotations, paraphrasing and documentation formats. Finally, it covers revising, editing, common errors, and using word processing software to improve writing.
This document provides advice on academic writing. It discusses planning an essay by organizing ideas, researching efficiently through critical reading and note-taking, using sources properly by avoiding plagiarism, revising for clarity, and understanding the standard parts of an essay such as the introduction, thesis, paragraphs, and conclusion. Specific tips are given for each part, such as including a thesis at the end of the first paragraph and using topic sentences to unify paragraphs around a central idea. The document emphasizes organization, argumentation, integrating evidence, and crafting an engaging overall argument.
This document provides advice on various aspects of academic writing such as developing an argument, organizing an essay, incorporating sources, and revising work. It emphasizes that essays should have a clear thesis and argument. The essay's organization and structure should support the argument logically. When writing, students should plan their essays but not overplan to allow for discovery in the writing process. Effective introductions engage the reader and conclusions provide closure. Proper citation and appearance are also addressed.
This document discusses discourse analysis and the study of language beyond individual sentences. It examines how ideas are connected in texts and conversations through cohesive ties like pronouns and connectives. It also explores speech events and the roles of speakers and hearers in different contexts like debates and interviews. Key concepts covered include turn-taking in conversations, Grice's cooperative principle and maxims of conversation, and how background knowledge helps with interpretation.
This document discusses language variation and the relationship between language and society. It introduces key concepts such as speech communities, sociolinguistics, social dialects, linguistic variables, and registers. Social factors like class, education, occupation, and context can influence the way people speak. The document also discusses concepts like convergence, divergence, prestige, jargon, slang, vernacular languages, and provides examples of linguistic features in African American Vernacular English.
This document summarizes the history and development of the English language from its origins to modern times. It discusses concepts like philology, cognates, comparative reconstruction to determine language families, and sound changes that occurred from Old English to Middle English like the Great Vowel Shift. Key periods of English history mentioned are the Anglo-Saxon period, conversion to Christianity, the arrival of the Vikings, the Norman invasion, and the introduction of printing press which helped standardize the language.
The document discusses several proposed sources for the origins of human language:
1) The divine source - Some religions believe language was God-given. Experiments found not all children would speak the original language.
2) The natural sound source - Early humans imitated environmental sounds that evolved into words through onomatopoeia.
3) The social interaction source - Sounds made during social interactions and tasks could have been the basis for language.
4) Physical adaptation allowed for speech production in humans. The evolution of tool-making and object manipulation may have connected to language development in the brain.
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1. Instituto Superior de Fomación Docente N°41
Language and Written Expression IV
Teacher: Stella Saubidet Ohyamburu
Student: Luz Fernández
Date: May 2020
2. Index
Using Resources…………………………..16
Specific types of writing………...17
The Abstract…………………………………….18
The Comparative Essay………………….19
Revising…………………………………………..20
Punctuation………………………………………….21
Some tools………………………………………...22
English Language……………………………23
Articles…………………………………………………24
Bibliography…………………………………………25
Some General Advice on Academic
Essay- Writing…………………….………..3
Planning and Organizing………….....4
Theories…………………………………..........5
Introduction and Conclusion………...…6
Paragraph………………………………..........7
Topic Sentence………………………….......8
Reading and researching……………..9
Critical reading towards critical
writing…………………………………………………..10
Dealing with new words…………………..11
Previewing…………………………………….……..12
Skimming……………………….………………..….13
Scanning………………………...………..……….14
Summarizing………………………………….....15
3. Some General Advice on Academic Essay-Writing
● An essay should have an argument.
● It should answer a question or a few related questions.
● It should try to prove something.
● It should have to develop a single“thesis” or a short set of closely
related points or hypothesis.
4. Planning and Organizing
Organizing an Essay
● It should be designed to present your arguments clearly and persuasively (how to
begins, develops and ends).
Before writing you should:
● Do some Reading.
● Make a list to display your powers of reasoning (ask to yourself questions about the
specific topic, compare, evaluate, argue, etc).
● Make an outline (a sentence outline by writing full sentences and a topic outline by
writing fragments rather than full sentences).
● Take the neccessary time to plan to produce logical and orderly argument.
5. Thesis
When you are asked to write an essay that creates an argument, your reader will
probably expect a clear statement of your position. Typically, this summary statement
comes in the first paragraph of the essay, though there is no rigid rule about position.
To write a good essay you should take into account;
Good thesis statements
● It makes a definite and limited
assertion that needs to be explained.
and supported by further discussion.
● It shows the emphasis and indicates
the methodology of your argument.
● It shows awareness of difficulties and
disagreements.
Some Myths about Thesis Statements
● Every paper requires one.
● A thesis statement must come at the
end of the first paragraph.
● A thesis statement must be one
sentence in length, no matter how
many clauses it contains.
● You cannot start writing an essay
until you have a perfect thesis
statement.
6. Introduction and Conclusion
A good introduction should identify your topic, provide essential context, and indicate
your particular focus in the essay. It also needs to engage your readers’ interest.
A strong conclusion will provide a sense of closure to the essay while again placing your
concepts in a somewhat wider context.
To write an effective introduction you should:
● Give some background information necessary for understanding the essay.
● Use a brief narrative or anecdote that exemplifies your reason for choosing the
topic.
To write a conclusion you should take into account that the conclusion:
● Involves critical thinking.
● Reflects upon the significance of what you’ve written.
● Tries to convey some closing thoughts about the larger implications of your
argument.
7. Paragraph
A paragraph is a sentence or a group of sentences that supports one central unified
idea. Paragraphs add one idea at a time to your broader argument.(They are usually
between one third and two third of a page).
Paragraphs are made up by:
● the topic sentence (it usually appears at the very beginning of paragraphs) (Not all
the paragraphs need a topic sentence).
● The body paragraph (develops your topic sentence through an ordered, logical
progression of ideas).
To make your ideas flow in a paragraph you should think about techniques:
● show connections.
● deliberate repetitions.
● use of pronouns.
● use of linking words.
8. Topic Sentence
A topic sentence states the main point of a paragraph: it serves as a mini-thesis for
the paragraph.
A topic sentence helps you to:
● Protect your readers from confusion by guiding them through the argument.
● Improve your essay by making it easier for you to recognize gaps or weaknesses in
your argument.
Note:
❏ It usually appears at the very beginning of paragraphs.
❏ Not all paragraphs need a topic sentence, sometimes the evidence in your
paragraph makes your point so effectively that your topic sentence can remain
implicit. But if you are in doubt, it is best to use one.
9. Reading and researching
Taking notes
If you take notes efficiently, you can read with more understanding and also save time
and frustration when you come to write your paper. These are three main principles:
● Know what kind of ideas you need to record.
● Do not write down too much.
● Label your notes intelligently.
10. Critical Reading
towards Critical Writing
● To read critically is to make judgements about how a text is argued (don’t read
looking only or primarily for information).
● do read looking for ways of thinking about the subject matter.
To make critical writing
● First determine the central claims or purpose of the text (its thesis).
● Begin to make some judgements about context . What audience is the text written
for? Who is it in dialogue with?
● Distinguish the kinds of reasoning the text employs.
● Examine the evidence.
● Critical reading may involve evaluation. Your reading of a text is already critical if
it accounts for and makes a series of judgments about how a text is argued.
11. Dealing with new words
A System for Reinforcing New Vocabulary Words
● Say the word out loud according to the dictionary pronunciation guide.
● Write down the word and mark it up to show its inner structure (root word +
prefixes or suffixes). Keep saying it over aloud (or at least in your head).
● On the other side of the card, write down a brief definition. Then copy out the
sentence where you saw the word used—and say it aloud as you write. You will
probably find sentences from other readings to add later.
● Read over the card periodically. Eventually try writing a sentence of your own using
the Word
● spend as long as you read with an active interest in the words that you find there.
As your “passive” vocabulary from reading increases.
12. Previewing
When reading for academic purposes, it is preferable to read with certain goals in mind.
This will enable you to place your focus on the proper elements of the reading and to
avoid wasting time on elements which are not important for your purposes.
1. Read the title
2. Think about the subject matter
3. Ask to yourself:
● Who wrote this text? What information do you have about this author?
● Where was this text originally published? What type of publication is this?
Who would be the audience for this kind of writing?
● When was this text originally published? What is the significance of this time
period in this field of study?
1. Read the chapter titles or the headings that break up
the chapter or article.
13. Skimming
By first skimming a text, you can get a sense of its overall logical progression. Skimming
can also help you make decisions about where to place your greatest focus when you have
limited time for your reading.
Previewing techniques.
1. Read carefully the introductory paragraph and try to predict the direction of the
coming explanations or arguments.
2. Read carefully the first one or two sentences of each paragraph, as well as the
concluding sentence or sentences.
3. In between these opening and closing sentences, keep your eyes moving and try to
avoid looking up unfamiliar words or terminology.
4. Read carefully the concluding paragraph or paragraphs. (What does the author’s
overall purpose seem to be?).
5. Finally, return to the beginning and read through the text carefully,
14. Scanning
Scanning is basically skimming with a more tightly focused purpose: skimming to locate a
particular fact or figure, or to see whether this text mentions a subject you’re
researching.
Scanning is essential in the writing of research papers, when you may need to look
through many articles and books in order to:
● Find the material you need.
● Keep a specific set of goals in mind as you scan the text, and avoid becoming
distracted by other material.
15. Summarizing
A summary has two aims: (1) to reproduce the overarching ideas in a text, identifying
the general concepts that run through the entire piece, and (2) to express these
overarching ideas using precise, specific language:
1. Include the title and identify the author in your first sentence.
2. The first sentence or two of your summary should contain the author’s thesis.
3. When summarizing a longer article, try to see how the various stages in the
explanation or argument are built up in groups of related paragraphs. Divide the
article into sections if it isn’t done in the published form. Then, write a sentence
or two to cover the key ideas in each section.
4. Omit ideas that are not really central to the text (Avoid writing opinions).
5. Be careful not to plagiarize the author’s words. If you do use even a few of the
author’s words, they must appear in quotation marks.
16. Using sources
How not to plagiarize?
Always write down the author, title and publication information (including the specific
identifying information for online publications) so you can attach names and dates to
specific ideas.
Resources:
● Using Quotations.
● Paraphrase (in you own words).
● Providing references.
● Summarize.
● Absorb the meaning and then to capture in your own words the most important
elements from the original passage.
17. Specific types of writing
There are many types of writing. For example:
● The Abstract.
● The Comparative Essay.
● Writing an annotated Bibliography.
● Writing about History.
● Writing about Literature.
● Writing about Science.
● Writing about Philosophy.
All of them have different characteristics. Some are more focused on searching
information and others on specific terms. e.g:
18. The Abstract
Abstracts are important because they give a first impression of the document that
follows, letting readers decide whether to continue reading and showing them what to
look for if they do so. Typically, an informative abstract answers these questions in
about 100-250 words:
● Why did you do this study or project?
● What did you do, and how?
● What did you find?
● What do your findings mean?
● What are the advantages (of the method or apparatus)?
● How well does it work?
Note:
If possible avoid trade names, acronyms, abbreviations, or symbols.
19. The Comparative Essay
A comparative essay asks that you compare at least two (possibly more) items. These
items will differ depending on the assignment you might be asked. To compare:
● Develop a list of similarities and differences. Once you know your basis for
comparison, think critically about the similarities and differences between the
items you are comparing, and compile a list of them.
● Develop a thesis based on the relative weight of similarities and differences.
Come up with a structure for your essay:
Alternating method: Point-by-point pattern. In the alternating method, you find
related points common to your central subjects A and B, and alternate between A
and B on the basis of these points
Block method: Subject-by-subject pattern. In the block method (AB), you discuss
all of A, then all of B.Your ideas about B build upon or extend your ideas about A.
20. Revising
Revising and Editing
Revising gives you the chance to preview your work on behalf of the eventual reader.
Revision is much more than proofreading, though in the final editing stage it involves
some checking of details.
● First check whether you have fulfilled the intention of the assignment.(think about
the assignment, the genre of the document, the concepts, the methods of
reasoning discussed in the course and the evidence).
● Then look at overall organization. (introduction, sections, connections, conclusion)
● Edit your style by moving to smaller matters such as word choice, sentence
structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
● Read passages aloud to see if you have achieved the emphasis you want, be sure to
use spell check.
21. Punctuation
Punctuation provides you considerable control over meaning and tone. Some of the main
sources of punctuation are: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, and parentheses.
● Commas (After many introductory phrases, when the phrase is longer, when joining
two independent clauses, etc).
● Semicolons to combine two closely related independent clauses into one sentence.
● Colons offer a way of urging your reader forward.
● Dashes serve some of the same functions as commas and colons, but they assert
themselves more forcefully.
● Parentheses offer a third way of introducing interrupting material.
22. Some Tools
Some Tools and Rules to Improve Your Spelling
● Use a (good) dictionary.
● Be consistent about using British or American spellings in your writing.
● Always check certain “troublesome” suffixes in your dictionary.
● Create your own “difficult-to-spell” lists.
● Learn the standard pronunciations for frequently misspelled words.
● Watch out for homophones, near-homophones, and other easily confusable words.
● Become familiar with English spelling rules.
❏ Plurals (Regular/Irregular).
❏ Possessives and Possessive Pronouns
❏ Some basic grammar
23. English language
It is important to use the language in a creative way in order to make better writings.
We should to take into account:
● Expressions of Quantity: (e.g., all, few, many, much, some
● Expressions of time, money and distance usually take a singular verb
● Expressions using the phrase number of depend on the meaning of the phrase
● Gerunds and Infinitives
● Articles
24. Articles
Articles are special modifiers that appear before nouns or noun phrases. Like other
adjectives, they help clarify the meaning of the noun in your sentence.
There are only two articles in the English language: the (uncountable )and a (and its
variant an, used before a word that starts with a vowel sound) (countable).
Where exactly do articles go?
Articles (definite and indefinite) belong in front of all other modifiers preceding a noun
Special Uses of Articles
● Media and communications.
● Means of transportation.
● Forms of entertainment.
● Place/object of activity nouns.
● Directions.
● Periods of time.