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Writing Skills for Doctoral Students. Kathy Neff. TOPICS. The Writing Process Prewriting Writing Rewriting The Five C’s Common Errors APA Documentation. REMEMBER THIS:. WRITING WORKS ONLY WHEN IT WORKS FOR THE READER. THE WRITING SITUATION. Purpose Audience Due Date
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Writing Skills for Doctoral Students Kathy Neff
TOPICS • The Writing Process • Prewriting • Writing • Rewriting • The Five C’s • Common Errors • APA Documentation
REMEMBER THIS: WRITING WORKS ONLY WHEN IT WORKS FOR THE READER.
THE WRITING SITUATION • Purpose • Audience • Due Date • Content • Format • Length • Documentation Style
WRITING AND THINKING • WRITING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A THINKING TASK • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • ANALYSIS • SYNTHESIS • EVALUATION
SO….. What IS good writing?
Characteristics of Effective Writing • CORRECT • COMPELLING • COMPLETE • CLEAR • CONCISE
THE WRITING PROCESS • PREWRITING • WRITING • REWRITING
Purposes of Prewriting • Generate ideas • Do research • Organize ideas • Plan content and structure
Brainstorming Free Writing Mind Mapping Branching Reporter’s Questions Cubing Outlining Prewriting
Writing Just DO it! Do just IT!
Rewriting • REVISE • EDIT • PROOFREAD
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS COMMAS COMMON ERRORS • “DATA” • “SIGNIFICANT” • “THEIR”
Citations No URLs Author (or title) and Year Page/paragraph numbers with quotations Punctuation after citation/parentheses Personal communication Reference Page Alphabetical order Hanging Indent Author name Capitalization in titles Formatting in titles DOCUMENTATION
DOCUMENTATION SANDWICH Integrate source information smoothly! Lead in or signal phrase Information from a source In-text citation
VERBS YOU CAN USE Maintains Notes Observes Points out Proves Questions Recognizes Recommends Refutes Rejects Remarks Reports Says Shows States Speculates Suggests Supports Acknowledges Agrees Argues Asserts Believes Claims Concludes Confirms Contends Demonstrates Describes Emphasizes Explains Finds Illustrates Indicates
ONLINE RESOURCES • Purdue Online Writing Lab • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ • Diana Hacker Bedford Handbook • http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedhandbook7enew/Player/Pages/Main.aspx • Brian’s List • http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html