Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 13 ppt

... hearsay, speculation, bias, and gossip.These are not legitimate means of gathering,recording, and presenting material. On theother hand, the second account presents thefacts and lets the reader draw ... argument and be sure to provide ampleevidence. If you convey your passion throughlogic, you will convince yourself and thosearound you. Above all, if your argument isboth logical and full ... lived or are living, speciﬁc data based on proven statistics, and historical events. On theother hand, ﬁctional material (creative writing of any type) may be based on actual events, butthe author’s...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 2 ppt

... by using basic research and writing tools that you can practice at home. Eachlesson is carefully designed to make researching any topic and writing a research paper manage-able and easy. Every ... yoursources.Becoming a Detective Part of writing a research paper is gathering yourmaterials and doing the actual, physical research. This is the fun and exciting part. Rather thanfeeling overwhelmed, ... unique, and alternative sourcesof information. Writing with Authority Writing a research paper is very similar to writing an essay. An essay is often an opinion piece thatanalyzes a particular...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 4 ppt

... very distinguished and respected individual.48.Using note cards to take downinformation from books is helpful and handy becausea. note cards can be arranged easily and quickly and stored in one ... bibliography.31.A work of non-fiction is based upona. historical legend and folklore.b. facts and real-life occurrences.c. anecdotes and stories.d. a lot of textual evidence.32.A work of fictiona. ... helpful during research. d. is part of the final analysis of thepaper.–PRETEST–934.A definitive statementa. makes a clear, strong point to thereader.b. uses a lot of vivid and imaginativedetail.c....

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 6 ppt

... for informa-tion and materials. This is the most fun and exciting part of theprocess! Rather than just thinking about your paper, you are nowan active participant in the research process. ... Guide to current and past peri-odicals and printed articles■dictionaries■other compiled indexes according to sub-ject matter, thesauruses and atlases.Often, the range and scope of referencematerials ... various academic institutionsphotograph and black and white or color photographs public libraries and historical societiespicture archives listed by year and subject matter as well as any drawings,...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 9 ppt

... unlikebooks, and are particularly easy to ﬂip through and consult. In fact, if you take your notescarefully, most of your information will havealready been organized and arranged before-hand, making ... a wonderful way to store and record infor-mation because they are both easy to use and handy to arrange. Take your note cards from yourholder and begin to arrange and rearrange them like a ... cards, and use it as a guide for writing and thinkingabout the first draft of your paper.8Studying Your Note CardsLooking at your note card arrangements isboth fun and instructive, and is...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 11 pptx

... staff– WRITING A FIRST DRAFT–58– WRITING A FIRST DRAFT–59that included 15 Rhodes scholars and other famous authors and intellectu-als.”* [* Be sure to always include thepage numbers and the ... get-ting your ideas and thoughts down onto paper. It will also teachyou some handy tricks for linking all the material and sentencesyou have already copied from your note cards and for using thatinformation ... using a fewtransitional words and phrases here, you canlink the separate sentences and individualpieces of information together. Now your writing can ﬂow smoothly, and you can con-tinue the process...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 12 pptx

... other words, whenever and whereveryou can, read your writing to yourself. Thinkof yourself as that courtroom attorney. Do youreally want to get up and talk to the judge and jury as if you were ... howyou say it.” In writing a paper, however, it isboth: it is what you say—making sure that it isrelevant and also how you say it.SummaryEstablishing a strong tone and writing style iseasy ... Immediately per-suade your judge and jury to invest their time and interest in you with your professionalism,your commitment, the quality of your evi-dence, and the commanding style of yourpresentation....

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 14 pptx

... 2. STRUCTURE AND WRITING STYLE■Do your ideas and writing ﬂow?■Are there smooth transitions from sen-tence to sentence, paragraph to para-graph, and from page to page?■Is ... page to page?■Is your analysis easy to follow and understand?3. VOCABULARY AND TONE■Is your tone professional?■Is the writing persuasive and com-pelling?■Are there any unnecessary words, ... to meaning and con-tent, pay careful attention to the end of yourpaper and your conclusion. Now that you havedone all this work and are thoroughly knowl-edgeable about your topic, writing your...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 15 ppt

... ConfrontedPresidents Abraham Lincoln and John F.Kennedy (New York: Little House Press, 1995),p. 213. The precise punctuation and formatrequired for footnotes and endnotes can beconfusing and complicated to ... per-son’s idea as your own. For example, if you are writing a science paper and you state:Example B: The key to understanding thetransformation of energy and matter in theuniverse is simple. It can ... Footnotes,Endnotes, and ParentheticalCitationsTwo frequently consulted style manuals and style procedures for research papers are theModern Language Association (MLA) style ofdocumentation and the American...

Tài liệu RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS PART 17 ppt

... historians and authors differed from their predecessors.They devoted less research to Kennedy’s ownexperiences and personal circumstances and focused directly on the legislation he initiat-ed. A particularly ... helpful and why.A historiography, on the other hand, does notexamine each book individually but instead,looks at a body of work and assesses how manybooks examine and interpret a particular ... todiscuss and the conclusions that you havedrawn from all your research. Written profes-sionally and thoroughly, they function asextremely helpful tools and valuable resourcesfor your reader.– WRITING...

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