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Module 5.1 General Writing Tips

Writing is a huge subject. This series of videos breaks it down for you, starting with some general tips to make your work more readable. After all, if the professor has to work too hard at reading it, you probably are not going to get a good grade.

 

 

                           See also:

                           The research question                                             

                           Paragraphs

 

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Module 5.2 Outlines

Outlines can be challenging, but they are really important for ensuring you are covering everything you need to, nothing you don’t, and making sure you are not duplicating anything. If you write a good outline, you can just turn your bullet points into sentences and you are done!

                                       See also:

                                              Outlines

                                              Full outline example

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Module 5.3 Content and Body

There are a lot of things you can do to help your paper get an A, but, honestly, none of them will be equal to simply having well-organized, well-written content in the body, that addresses to topic, without straying down any rabbit holes. This video is designed to help you get exactly that.

 

                           See also:

                           Using spelling and grammar checkers

                           Content and body

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Module 5.4 Introductions and Conclusions

It may seem counterintuitive to write your introduction after you are done, but if you pause to think about it for a minute, you realize that you don’t know what to introduce until it is written. The conclusion should definitely come last, but it is basically just a recap of the intro, so it sort of writes itself. Check out this video for tips on how to get them both to A quality.

 

 

                           See also:

                           Introductions and conclusions

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Module 5.5 Editing

There are two very important parts to editing your paper. The second, readability will be covered in the next video. This one is all about that spelling and grammar checking.

 

 

                           See also:

                           Using spelling and grammar checkers                               Readability

                           Editing                                                                                Formatting

 

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Module 5.6 Readability

In video 5.1 we mentioned the importance of good editing in creating a readable paper. Here we are going to examine some of the most common problems students have and tools you can use to solve them.

 

 

                           See also:

                           Using spelling and grammar checkers                            Microsoft tools

                           Readability

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