WRITING
While
there are many elements of Academic Writing, it is essential that you
accurately be able to evaluate another person's writing for order, format, and
logic. Furthermore, you must be able to follow the writing styles yourself. See
the content below to help you with writing guidelines.
Elements of Essays
Academic Writing
STYLE
While
there are many types of Academic Writing, it is essential that you
accurately follow basic stylistic guidelines based on the class notes, module
readings, textbook, and instructor preferences. You must be able to follow the
writing style for your assignment, transitional factors, third person voice,
and clearly developed support for your thesis in your body paragraphs. See the
content below to help you with writing guidelines.
Academic Style
Research Writing
Style of Writing
ORDER
There
is a logical arrangement for the order of a sentence, paragraph, and essay. Be
sure to carefully review the organizational structure required at all three
levels of Standard English: sentence, paragraph, essay.
Body Paragraphs
Page Organization
Structure
USAGE
Source
usage is essential to quality writing, making the difference between an
unsupported, under-developed essay and a highly-persuasive essay easy to spot.
You must incorporate sources into your Body Paragraphs to assert your ideas,
defend your argument, and develop your support. You will prove your
thesis in your Body Paragraphs through source usage (not in the introduction or
conclusion). See the content on Source Usage below.
Source Usage
"Body" of Evidence
EVALUATING ARGUMENTS
Whether
you are evaluating a verbal or written argument, the evaluation process is the
same. You will look for logical support, reliable sources to defend the
argument, and possible manipulation through fallacies or inductive reasoning.
Rhetorical Situations
CITATIONS
Citing
sources properly is essential to avoiding plagiarism. No matter if plagiarism
is intentional or unintentional, all un-cited source usage counts as plagiarism
and will negatively impact your standing with the instructor, your assignment
grade, and possibly result in expulsion from the class. Learn about citations
so that you do not plagiarize. See the Source Citation content below.
Source Citation
Citation Rules
Images in Writing
FORMAT
Proper
formatting is very important to both your internal writing and source citing.
In this section, you will learn about formatting your internal content
(the essay) in proper page format and visual structure. You will also
see visual samples of how to format sources within the essay as
well as in the Works Cited page. Be sure to follow MLA Format for ENC
assignments.
Formatting
MLA Pages
MLA Works Cited
HELPFUL LINKS
Use
the links below to find additional assistance where you may need it.
Important Links
Purdue OWL Help
COMPUTER TUTORIALS
If you
have ever struggled with setting up a HEADER, FOOTER, HANGING INDENT,
DOUBLE SPACING, and all the other necessary visual formatting required when
writing, please visit the links below to assist you with these visual concepts
through the tutorials available.
Computer Tutorials
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