8.1
What is Academic writing?
Refers to writing produced in a college environment
Define plagiarism
is the unacknowledged use of material from a source
In most online courses?
Almost everything depends on written communication.
Successful writers in all contexts think of writing as
To become a strong writer in college, you need to achieve a clear sense of two things:
Forms of Citation are?
The Modern Language Association (MLA)
The American Psychological Association (APA)
The Chicago Manual of Style
Group writing projects require careful coordination of roles and cooperative stages but can greatly help....
students learn how to improve their writing.
Paying close attention to the terms of the assignment is essential for understanding what?
The writing approach the instructor expects and for shaping the essay.
what are some keywords listed in writ assignments but don’t actually appear?
What, why, and how
Revision is not the same thing as?
Editing
Using the writing process maximizes the mental processes involved in what?
thinking and writing
Faced with an assignment like this, you could ask about what?
scope (or focus) of the assignment
Should your title of your paper have a purpose?
Yes, because the reader has an idea what you’re going to talk about.
What is something to avoid when writing a rough draft?
Avoid the temptation, after writing a draft, to consider the essay done.
Why do some students often find writing classes too hard?
Either their high school teachers were too easy or that their college instructors are too hard.