How to write
an academic essay
Academic writing is not like the style of writing you may be used
to (for example 'A' levels style). The information presented here follows
on from the tutorial in week 1. You should visit each of these web sites
to gain a better understanding of academic writing style.
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A Guide to Essay
Writing - a good place to begin. A guide to help you understand
what essay writing is and how to go through the planning, researching,
draft writing, and revision stages. It includes a glossary of a key words
frequently used in setting essay writing tasks
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Teaching Resources
in English - for specific problematic areas. It includes notes on areas
such as gender-natural language, plagiarism, documentation, style, and
structure.
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Online Writing
Lab - 120 handouts indexed by topic. They include grammar and sentence
construction.
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For 24 hour free on line support on your writing projects, send your questions
here.
(Someone should be able to respond within 24 hours during the work week.
It may take a bit longer on weekends.)
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How to: write
a bibliography.
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refer
to electronic sources (WWW, newsgroups, mailing lists, email).
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write
footnotes and endnotes.
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Plagiarism
and how to avoid it.