Punctuation, period.
You use this type of punctuation when you want to indicate a pause in a sentence.
What is a comma?
When you're going to use a quote in your essay, you need this type of verb.
What is a signal verb?
This is paraphrasing or summarizing someone else's ideas using words or sentence structures that are too close to theirs.
What is plagiarism?
This is one of several centers or programs where you can receive tutoring.
What are the Undergraduate Writing Center, the Academic Advancement Program, and tutoring for athletes?
This member of our class is graduating this year.
Who is Clyne?
When you are quoting someone, you put these marks around the exact words.
What is are quotation marks? " "
This is a way of weaving someone's exact words into your essay.
What is quoting?
This is how you know if AI is okay to use in an essay.
What is ask your professor and/or read the syllabus?
If you require learning accommodations you should contact this UCLA office as early as possible.
What is the Center for Accessible Education (CAE)?
This member of our class has a bird named Oatmeal.
Who is Delaney?
When you decide to delete or leave words out of a direct quote, you use these.
What are ellipses? . . .
This is the lowest grade you can get in EC 3DX and still fulfill the Writing I requirement.
What is a C?
If you're experiencing stress, anxiety, or other psychological experiences and need support, you can contact this office.
What is UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)?
This member of our class is commuting from Lynwood.
Who is Esmeralda?
You should use this type of punctuation sparingly (once in a while for effect).
What are exclamation points and dashes?
! -
When you're writing an essay and you want to include details, but not the exact words, of a source, you do this.
What is paraphrase (Put into your own words) and cite the source.
You need to complete this many hours with your community partner as part of this class.
What is 20?
If you're experiencing food insecurity or financial distress, this is where you can go for help.
What is the Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) and/or UCLA Community Programs Office (CPO) Food Closet?
This member of our class was in the food cluster and is "over it!"
Who is Alex?
These are types of punctuation that you can just avoid if you're unsure how to use them.
What are colons and semicolons? : ;
This piece of punctuation is what you need to change or add words to make a quotation fit grammatically within your sentence.
What are brackets? [ ]
This is the term for citing authors based on identity to uplift marginalized voices, because citation is a form of power (Gammons).
What is citation justice?
In addition to Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs), this person can help you if you're having trouble with a research essay.
What is a librarian?
These 6 members of our class are all Pre-Business Economics or Pre-Economics majors.
Who are Claire, Yinuo, Emely, Elizabeth, Jessenia, and Jennifer?