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Academic Essay

Links (texts and tools)

Read the following documents [look for essay/writing- and resume-related information, focusing on
everything academic]:

• Formal and Informal Writing, by Anis Siddiqi.


• The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing, by Thomas S. Kane.
• How to Improve Your Vocabulary (guide on).
• Punctuation and Capital Letters.
• The Penguin Guide to Punctuation, by R.L. Trask.
• Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization. A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors, by Mary K.
McCaskill.
• Teaching Academic ESL Writing. Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar (2004), by Eli Hinkel.
• Punctuation Matters. Advice on Punctuation for Scientific and Technical Writing (4th Ed.), by John
Kirkman.
• Using Quotations (University College Writing Centre).
• Step by Step Research and Writing, by Kathryn L. Schwartz.
• The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing, by Thomas S. Kane.
• Guidelines for Academic Essays (Langara College).
• How to Write an Essay, by Tom Davis.
• Writing Theses and Dissertations (Harvey Mudd College).
• Thesis and Dissertation Guide (University of North Carolina).
• The Business Writer’s Guide (University of Victoria).
• Report & Proposal Writing (University of Victoria).
• Types of Essays, by Kathleen McWhorter.
• Guide to Different Kinds of Essay (Gallaudet University).
• Efficient and Flexible Reading, by Kathleen McWhorter (5th Edition; PowerPoint Presentation).
• Introduction to Academic Writing (James Cook University).
• Academic Writing (Features of), by Andy Gillett.
• Inside Track to Successful Academic Writing, by Andy Gillett, Angela Hammond and Mary Martala.
• Scientific Writing. A Reader and Writer's Guide, by Jean-Luc Lebrun.
• Beginning the Academic Essay (Harvard College Writing Center).
• Strategies for Essay Writing (Harvard College Writing Center).
• Constructing Essays (Study and Learning Skills Online, Charles Darwin University).
• Essay Structure (Harvard College Writing Center).
• Essay Plan.
• Parts of the Paper (Kate L. Turabian).
• Guide to Writing a Reading Reaction Paper (University of Idaho).
• Cum să elaborăm lucrarea de licență și disertația de masterat. Ghid practic, by Vasile Nechita.
• Introductions (The Writing Center, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC-CH).
• Thesis Introduction Writing, by A-Pluss.
• Term Paper Writing 101. Lesson Two: The Introduction, by erraticimpact.
• Conclusions (The Writing Center, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC-CH).
• Dissertation Conclusion, by Michelle Williams.
• Strategies for Writing a Conclusion (LEO: Literacy Education Online).
• Research Methodology. Methods and Techniques, by C.R. Kothari.
• Research Methodology. Module 1. Overview of Research and Its Methodologies, by Marzuki B. Khalid.
• What Is an Academic Source? (Wilfrid Laurier University).
• How to Find Academic Sources for Your Essay (Elite Editing: Academic Editing Service).
• Using Sources (University of Toronto).
• Acknowledging Your Sources (The UVic Writer's Guide).
• Is It Plagiarism Yet? (Purdue Online Writing Lab – OWL).
• Buying Authenticity: Plagiarism Checking and Counter-Checking, by Anders Sandberg.
• Understanding Plagiarism & Academic Integrity: Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, Rules, Penalties for
Academic Misconduct (Academic Integrity at the University of Guelph).
• Plagiarism & Academic Integrity (University of Guelph).
• Staff Guidelines for Dealing with Student Plagiarism (Curtin University).
• The Ethics of Self-plagiarism (iThenticate).
• Plagiarism in Colleges in USA, by Ronald B. Standler.
• A Graduate Student's Guide to Copyright.
• Institutional Responses to Plagiarism in Online Classes, by Merrily Stover & Kim Kelly.
• Test Your Understanding of Plagiarism - Academic Integrity at the University of Guelph.
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Ed.
• Guide to Bibliographic Citation. MLA Citation Style, Durham College.
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab.
• Cite Sources (University of California Berkeley Library).
• Using Quotations, from University College Writing Centre.
• How to Write a Bibliography – Examples in MLA Style (A Research Guide for Students).
• MLA Style: Bibliographic Format for References (MLA Handbook, 7th edition, 2009; University of Georgia
Libraries).
• Writing a List of References – MLA (Using English for Academic Purposes. A Guide for Students in Higher
Education, by Andy Gillett).
• APA Citation Examples (University of Maryland University College).
• Citation Builder (APA6/MLA7) (NCSU Libraries)
• Find Additional Essay Resources On-Line (Guide to Writing a Basic Essay, by Kathy Livingston).
• Sample MLA Research Paper (Cell Phones in the Hands of Drivers: A Risk or a Benefit?).
• Sample APA Formatted Paper (Can Medication Cure Obesity in Children? A Review of the Literature).
• MLA Research Paper Example (Blind Spot Enlargement in Non-Athletes; 123HelpMe.com).
• Argumentative Essay Example (The Neanderthal Should be Classified as a Subspecies of Modern Man).
• Term Paper Example (A Business Analysis of the Object Oriented Hypermedia Design Model).
• Sample dissertation: Chocolate: Behind Its Bad Rap, by MY FILE.
• Style Manuals and Information on Writing Papers (collection of print resources and web sites, Charles
Chesnutt Library, Fayetteville State University).
• Most frequent issues.

Exercises:

Defining vocabulary (Macmillan/Jerry Jones).


Right Word, Wrong Word, by L.G. Alexander.
Alphabet poems, tongue twisters, malapropisms, idioms.
Chomsky Park (LearnEnglish).
Writing exercises 02.
Is Punctuation Important?

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