Academic Writing

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The main difference between academic writing and other writing is that academic writing:

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tries to be precise and unbiased

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The difference between a project and an essay is:

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students choose projects’ subjects

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Teachers frequently complain about students: not answering the question given, not writing enough, writing in pencil

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not answering the question given

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The best time to write an introduction is often:

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after writing the main body

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The purpose of an introduction is:

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to give your aims and methods

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Making careful notes is essential for: writing essays, revising for exams, all academic work

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all academic work

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An in-text citation looks like:

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(Manton, R. 2008)

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Paraphrasing a text means:

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changing a lot of the vocabulary

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Paragraphs always contain: six or more sentences, an example, a topic sentence

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a topic sentence

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This punctuation mark (’) is called:

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apostrophe