Introducing Academic Writing Tips
Writing in a second language is not an easy task, especially when an academic audience will evaluate the product (paper). A good paper does not happen the first time anyone sits down to compose. The paper only becomes a valuable product after the writer plans, organizes, drafts, revises, and edits it. Therefore, the process of writing truly demands time, practice, and tools. Tools that guide or instruct the writer in expressing his or her ideas overcome some of the hurdles in writing. One such tool is a writing reference, or better yet, tips on how to “put it all together,” creating a fine-tuned product (paper).
In response to this need for a writing tool the following “Academic Writing Tips” cover common academic writing areas in organizing, paragraphing and creating sentence-level structures. The topics are broken down into writing and grammar themes that benefit the non-native writer of English.
Take advantage of this tool by simply printing out the tips and placing them by the computer for easy reference. Everyone, even native speakers, can benefit from this type of tool.
Note: All writing information is based on general standards for academic papers. You should check with your professors or department for any specific writing policies. Thanks!
Tip 1: Brackets
Tip 2: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Tip 3: Adverb Suppression
Tip 4: Anticipatory IT
Tip 5: Apostrophe
Tip 6: Parallelism
Tip 7: Capitalization
Tip 8: Clarity to Avoid Pedantry
Tip 9: Directness
Tip 10: Ellipsis Mark
Tip 11: Excessive Footnotes
Tip 12: Gender Bias Pronouns
Tip 13: Italics or Underlining
Tip 14: Length of Sentences and Paragraphs
Tip 15: Linking Paragraphs
Tip 16: Prepositions
Tip 17: Pronoun Antecedents
Tip 18: Quotation Marks
Tip 19: Reduced Adjective Clauses
Tip 20: Redundancies
Tip 21: Rules About Numbers
Tip 22: Variety of Sentence Structures
Tip 23: Split Infinitives
Tip 24: Tense Consistency
Tip 25: The Dash
Tip 26: The Pronoun One
Tip 27: Topic Sentences
Tip 28: Unnecessary Repitition
Tip 29: Gerunds Replacing Nouns
Tip 30: Variety in Syntax
Tip 31: Verb Suppression
Tip 32: Writing Process: Revising and Editing
Tip 33: Forms of Address
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