Writing as Process
| This approach to writing provides an introduction to the essentials of academic writing and research for undergraduate and graduate school students. Academic writing is broadly defined here as a written and ongoing conversation among knowledgeable individuals in various fields of study. These conversations are structured by a set of expectations, rules, and conventions. If you wish to participate in the conversation you have to be conversant with the rules, and expectations. This site initiates you to the expectations, rules, and conventions of academic discourse so that you can participate in the conversation. The particulars of your initiation follow below. |
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Research is a central part of academic writing: it helps you discover what others have said about your field of study and your specific interest within it; it helps sharpen your own views; and it demonstrates to the audience with whom you wish to converse that you are familiar with what other knowledgeable individuals have said about your topic and field of study. The major objective of our site is to assist you in becoming an effective academic writer. To accomplish this goal, our site provides explanations, examples, and activities about the following core academic writing activities: The Critical Review; The Literature Review; the Annotated Bibliography. These core academic writing activities are discussed both as discrete activities and as building blocks for advanced forms of academic writing such as a thesis, and a dissertation. |
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Pam Hernandez and Latisha Ferrara-- ElC Graduate Students | Explore their workshop hnadout: "The Writing Groove: The Pre-Communication Process for Critical Thinking and Scholarly Writing" |
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