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Think about the information and strategies that you learned in this section, Editing and Polishing. Share your ideas with other students. What information in Editing and Polishing is new or important for you? What...
Think about the information and strategies that you learned in this section, Developing Your Ideas. Share your ideas with other students. What information about Developing Your Ideas is new or important for you? What...
Think about the information and strategies that you learned in this section, Getting Ready to Write. Share your ideas with other students. What information about generating ideas is new or important for you? What...
Think about the information and strategies that you learned in this section, Revising Your Work. Share your ideas with other students. What information in Revising Your Work is new or important for you? What...
Watch the presentation below to learn more about note-taking and how to avoid plagiarism!
When you summarize, you use different words and state the main idea of a passage. In the presentation below, you’ll see some sample summaries to help you gain a better understanding of how to...
In the video cast below, you’ll see our student writer consider her research and use her findings from researching her research question in order to develop a working thesis. A working thesis is a...
Most research assignments ask you to engage in one of two approaches: Explore and evaluate (present an analysis) Persuade (present an argument) The tabs below will give you more information about each type. Your...
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