EAP Unit 4. 4.1 Introduction. Academic writing normally requires that you support your ideas and opinions with facts‚ statistics‚ quotations and similar kinds of information. There are four ways to use information from outside sources; quote it directly or indirectly or paraphrase or summarize it. Summaries and responses play an important role in college writing. A summary is much shorter than the original text. In essay examination papers‚ you demonstrate your understanding of the material
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Academic Writing in American Psychological Association Formatting: An Essay Agawin‚ Aldrin D. Cabrera‚ Marie Lois A. Garcia‚ Ryiel Dale B. University of Santo Tomas Abstract Academic writing is a skill that is required in many contexts throughout life. However‚ academic writing does many of the things that personal writing does not: it has its own set of rules and practices. Academic writing follows a particular ‘tone’ and adheres to traditional conventions of punctuation‚ grammar‚ and
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SEMESTER 01 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES – ENN103F | UNIQUE NO. 707714 | | STUDENT NO. 53078136 | 2/27/2013 | SECTION A – SHORT QUESTIONS AND SECTION B ESSAYS | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION A LOOSING BATTLE? Section A : Short questions 1) IS THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY MORALLY DEFENSIBLE? EXPLAIN. In my opinion‚ I believe that the Affirmative Action Policy is not morally defensible as it tends to be more favorable towards a certain group of people. However according to an article
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Megan Montgomery Com 105 Stephanie Brown October 3‚2013 Armenia Specific Purpose: To inform the audiance of the culture and problems of Armenia. Central Ideas: Music‚ the arts and tough times‚ shape what Armenia is in present day. Introduction I. The Armenian people have had their share of hard times. II. But in my research‚ they have learned to start over and flurish. II. With exstensive gift giving‚ the love of music and unique art froms have brought them from the dark times
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* When preparing and setting up your paper in the APA format‚ what are the required margins‚ fonts‚ and spacing? The APA format for preparing and setting up a paper is 1” margins‚ 12 pt. Times New Roman‚ and double spaced on standard sized paper (8.5” x 11”). * Please describe the following components of a research paper in APA format and how you would use the Microsoft Word to create them. * Title Page = the title page should contain the title of the paper‚ the author ’s name‚ and the
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE! Subject: Tornadoes General Purpose: To inform the audience about tornadoes Specific Purpose: Today I will discuss some fascinating facts about tornadoes. Also‚ I will discuss the causes‚ occurrences‚ myths‚ and oddities associated with tornadoes. Introduction: Have you ever seen a tornado or known someone who has? Tornadoes can be devastating and can occur anywhere at anytime so you may be affected by one or know someone who will. I am fascinated by
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Henager College CSS101-015-008-ON-Psychology of motivation Instructor: John Elmer Running Head: PROGRESS IN FOUR WEEKS Abstract What I have learned so far that has been the most help full to me along with why and how I will use that information to further my education and my career will be what you are about to read. I will also be including what surprised me the most about this course and why. Over the last four weeks I have developed many thought and ideas that reinforced why I have
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Topic: Compare and contrast ways in which both men and women can be discriminated against in the workplace. Thesis: Although both men and women encounter discrimination in the workplace such as maternity or paternity discrimination‚ women‚ however; are constantly plagued by the never moving glass ceiling where as men get selected for harder‚ dirtier and more dangerous jobs than their female counterparts. |Topic |Sentence
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C O F H E R the six features of academic style Complexity Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language. Written language has longer words‚ It is lexically more dense and it has a more varied vocabulary. It uses more noun-based phrases than verb-based phrases. Written texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity‚ including more subordinate clauses and more passives. Formality Academic writing is relatively formal‚ which means that in an essay you
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There is a fantastic tool called the Reference & Citation Generator (a link to which can also be found in the left column of any classroom page‚ listed under "Useful Links"; it’s also available through the Center for Writing Excellence). Book #1 Title: The Cat in the Hat Author: Theodor Seuss Geisel Date published: March 1957 Publisher: Random House Children ’s Books in New York‚ NY Text in book: The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold‚ cold wet
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