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 the other hand, the second account presents the facts and lets the reader draw ... argument and be sure to provide ample evidence. If you convey your passion through logic, you will convince yourself and those around you. Above all, if your argument is both log...

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... by using basic research and writing tools that you can practice at home. Each lesson is carefully designed to make researching any topic and writing a research paper manage- able and easy. Every ... your sources.  Becoming a Detective Part of writing a research paper is gathering your materials and doing the actual, physical research. This is the fun and exciting p...

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... very distinguished and respected individual. 48. Using note cards to take down information from books is helpful and handy because a. note cards can be arranged easily and quickly and stored in one ... bibliography. 31. A work of non-fiction is based upon a. historical legend and folklore. b. facts and real-life occurrences. c. anecdotes and stories. d. a lot of textual evidence....

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... for informa- tion and materials. This is the most fun and exciting part of the process! Rather than just thinking about your paper, you are now an 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...

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... unlike books, and are particularly easy to flip through and consult. In fact, if you take your notes carefully, most of your information will have already 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 your holder and begin to arrange and rearr...

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... staff – WRITING A FIRST DRAFT– 58 – WRITING A FIRST DRAFT– 59 that included 15 Rhodes scholars and other famous authors and intellectu- als.”* [* Be sure to always include the page numbers and the ... get- ting your ideas and thoughts down onto paper. It will also teach you some handy tricks for linking all the material and sentences you have already copied from your note cards...

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... other words, whenever and wherever you can, read your writing to yourself. Think of yourself as that courtroom attorney. Do you really want to get up and talk to the judge and jury as if you were ... how you say it.” In writing a paper, however, it is both: it is what you say—making sure that it is relevant and also how you say it.  Summary Establishing a strong tone and writin...

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... 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...

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... Confronted Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy (New York: Little House Press, 1995), p. 213. The precise punctuation and format required for footnotes and endnotes can be confusing 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 the transformation of energy and matt...

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... historians and authors differed from their predecessors. They devoted less research to Kennedy’s own experiences and personal circumstances and focused directly on the legislation he initiat- ed. A particularly ... helpful and why. A historiography, on the other hand, does not examine each book individually but instead, looks at a body of work and assesses how many books examine...

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