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Introduction Pre-Writing
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What is Academic Writing?,Types of Essays,Strategies and Approaches for the Humanities |
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Formulating a Thesis
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Identifying a Main Idea
- Formulating a Theory / Making an Analysis
- Thesis Statement Examples |
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Good and Bad Thesis Statements
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Poor Thesis Statements
- Types of Research Topics
- Implicit Questions within Research Topics |
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Essay Structure
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Good Paragraphs
- Parts of the Essay: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion
- The 5-Paragraph Essay |
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Rhetorical Strategies
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Language Variety
- Academic Vocabulary
- Precision, Directness, Neutral Expressions and “Extreme” Claims
- Writing Critically |
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Writing from Research
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Purpose of Research
- Academic Sources
- Other types of sources
- Evaluating your sources
- “Common Knowledge”
- The CRAAP Test |
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Reporting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism
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Reporting what you read
- Paraphrasing and Quotations
- How to avoid Plagiarism |
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Paraphrasing (Continued)
Academic Tone
Style and Language
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Paraphrasing Examples
- Academic Tone
- Concision
- Details in Writing
- Sentence Structure
- Transition Signals |
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Format and Referencing
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MLA Format
- Signal and Reporting Verbs
- Grammatical and Syntactical Points
- Issues in Punctuation
- Common Errors |
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Revision and Editing
Course Review
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Editing your work
- Peer Critique
- Strong and Weak Papers
- Consistency
- Review of the Course
- Works Cited |
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