Academic Writing Academic writing follows the guidelines of formal English: the way writing is taught in grade school. Standard grammar and punctuation rules reign‚ and paragraphs use the traditional format of topic sentence‚ support and concluding sentence. Writer’s seldom use discretion‚ and grammar book lessons are reflected in the writing. Standard state assessments and common college admission tests‚ such as the ACT and SAT‚ use the formal language in academic writing in their questions. When
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2012 In the introduction to “They Say/ I Say”: the Moves That Matter in Academic Writing‚ Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to help with academic thinking and writing. Specifically‚ Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer realistically help set up a conversation and argument. As the authors themselves put it‚ “In our view‚ then‚ the best academic writing has one underlying feature: it is deeply engaged in some way with other people’s
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Academic & General Training‚ Task 2 1 How many words are you expected to write? 2 How long should you spend on the task? 3 What sort of writing are you expected to produce? 4 What must you include in your answer? 5 What sort of things do you think the examiners will be checking for? UNDERSTANDING THE INSTRUCTIONS There are no ’right’ or ’wrong’ answers to this task‚ but you must read the question carefully and make sure you understand exactly what you have to write about. Academic
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"Suffering and Death" video located at http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/cwv101_vpv01GUI.php Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Give a brief summary after each passage listed below. Knowledge: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 – writings that those who followed Christ would be accepted by God 2 Peter 1:21 – those that believed‚ followed what God said Hebrews 1:1 – God taught his people
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franchise‚ but also the hometown as well. These are the hometown die-hard fans‚ in which‚ the team they root for is limited to the city they come from. Fans with this type of passion for their city usually are located in New York‚ Los Angeles‚ and Boston. Likewise‚ this type of sports fan doesn’t care if his or her team is performing poorly‚ as long as teams from the rival city are worse off. It is impossible to discuss or debate sports with because they are rarely objective in their arguments and try
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Verb Tenses in Academic Writing By the Walden University Writing Center Staff Common Verb Tenses Verb tenses place actions in time‚ expressing whether the actions already took place (past)‚ are currently taking place (present)‚ or will be taking place (future). In scholarly writing‚ the most common verb tenses we use are the following: Use the simple presentto describe a general truth‚ an action that is happening now‚ or an action that occurs on a regular basis: This study addresses the shortage
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Sujanya Ravishankar Subhamitra Adhikari Academic Writing-A 21 October 2013 Changing Styles of Carnatic Music Carnatic music is considered to be the sole classical music that binds the entire south of India together and its origin is believed to be from one of the four key Hindu scriptures in India‚ Sama Veda. While most people attribute the word Carnatic to the state of Karnataka and consider it to be the birth place of Carnatic Music‚ other musicologists differ and say that the word ‘Carnatic’ is
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Writing from Sources When writing an academic paper it is difficult to use one’s own experiences as knowledgeable support‚ thus one must rely on resources from others. These sources are typically found in the written form‚ books‚ periodicals‚ journals‚ or even on the Web. If the source used is not valid the essay will not be credible. Consequently‚ it is imperative that each source is evaluated to determine its credibility (Spatt‚ 2011). This paper will induce that Wikipedia is not a credible
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submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the course DISL To Mrs Evette Johnson By DANE-HUE JOHNSON December 2012 Statement of the problem The research problem being investigated is as follows: based on the information provided from the literature review‚ it is not known how and to what extent drug abuse affects teenagers in Bridgeport‚ St. Catherine; nor the effects of drug abuse on teenagers in Bridgeport. Therefore‚ a research will be conducted in Bridgeport to collect the
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Analysis of “The Passionate Year” by James Hilton 1. The writer The fragments under study are taken from the book “The Passionate Year” written by English writer James Hilton‚ who took education in Cambridge where he wrote his first novel‚ "Catherine Herself". Also he is famous with his books "We Are Not Alone" (1937)‚ "Random Harvest" (1941)‚ "Nothing So Strange" (1947)‚ "Time and Time Again" (1953). 2. The Message The main idea conveyed by the author is to show how difficult it is for
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