HIST112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Academic Writing, Critical Reading, Written Language
HIST112 Lecture Notes Wednesday 15th March 2017
Academic writing tips
Annotated Bibliography, what is it?
- It is a suary of soures you’e foud, aurately refereed.
- Reference correctly. You only need to reference 3 articles.
- Summarise correctly. Get to the CORE of the article.
Research and referencing:
- Use quality sources
- Look for peer reviewed sources
- Quality of publisher (university presses are quality)
- USE CHICARGO REFERENCING
Using sources
- Regard the author of a book/journal article as an advocate and yourself as a juror.
You are judging it.
- Does it make sense? Are the arguments convincing? Look hard at it.
- Just eause soeoe else said it, does’t ea it is true.
Critical reading
- Read the text several times.
- Do’t just igore the thigs you do’t uderstad.
Planning for an essay
- Brainstorm
- Do research. Find various sources.
- Formulate your argument
- Develop research questions to prove your point
- Review your argument based on your research. Change if needed
- Write
- Proof read and re write if needed
Writing the essay
- State the position you are making in the introduction
- Elaborate in the body using your research questions
- State your argument again and your supporting points in the conclusion
- Write first draft.
- Proofread and edit/rewrite if needed.
Writing paragraphs
- Topic sentences
- Elaboration
- Supporting evidence
- Explanation
- Concluding sentence
- Think about ways to integrate quotations
- Think about the best way to link sentences and paragraphs
Formal Writing
- Be direct, clear and interesting.
- Quote accurately.
- Avoid writing the way you speak
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