UndergradSkiller: Skill Set Map for Undergraduates and Their Educators

ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

Academic Writing

Definition:

Academic writing is a broad skill encompassing everything from structuring an argument to choosing appropriate language and integrating sources. It is central to assessment at university and to communicating ideas in any discipline. The subsections below cover getting started with writing and the conventions of academic language and argumentation.

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Table of contents:

1.2.1. Getting Started with Writing
1.2.2. Academic Language and Argumentation

1.3. Essay Writing

1.4. Thesis Writing

1.5. Discipline-Specific Writing

1.6. Referencing and Citation

1.7. Academic Integrity and Plagiarim

 

Author: Leeanne Irwin

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