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Englishwritingability,includingtheoutline,articles,essays,andsimplepractical.Writingclassteachingcontentarrangementfromhowwordsandsentencestructure,composition,accordingtoclewrequirestudentstowriteessaysorimitate,oraccordingtocertainsituation,andtowriteofparagraphwritingskillsandmasterlayoutandessaywriting.Belikeconditional,stillshouldfurthertrainingstudentstomastervariousstyleandtextualstructure,suchasdescription,narration,theexpositionandessays,etc.Thiscourseforbusinessgoodbusinesscommunicationwithtwoborninwritingandlayasolidfoundation.
Thiscoursecanstrengthenthestudents'
futureEnglishwritingabilityofcommunication.Studyresults
Afterstudyingthecourse,studentsinknowledgeandresearch,thinking,expressinganddifferentaspectsofimprovingtheability.
CorrespondingtotheneedsofEnglishsyllabus,writingpartofthestudyresultstake1to4graduallyincreasethestepsrequiredfromthestructureandthelanguageisproposed.theoreticalassessment.
Writinghelpsyouexpressyourself
Writingpreparesyouforschoolandemployment(bothofwhichinmostcasesrequirealotofit)
Writingishowmuchoftheworldcommunicates.Ifyoudon'
twrite,youcutyourselfofffromalargecommunity(includingthisone,incidentally)
Writingcanbeagreattooltohelpyouknowmoreaboutthewayyouthink...writingcansolidifyideasandthoughts,andallowyoutoreflectonthembetterthaniftheideasremainedevolvinginyourhead.
Writingisoneofthewaysthatwetranslateourthoughtsforotherpeople.Somepeoplearebetteratexpressingthemselvesinwritingthananyotherway,andyouthusgetabettertranslationwhenyoureadwhattheyhavetosayratherthanhearingthemspeak.
Writingassistsyouwithotherlanguagetasksaswell...writinghelpsyoulearnhowtoformlanguage,howtospell,howto...puttogetheraplot.Youlearnhowtomakealogicalargument,orhowtopersuade,mainlythroughwriting.Speakingcanhelpyoulearnthosethingsaswell,butitiseasiertoself-examineandevaluatehowtoimprovewhenyouhavesomethingconcreteinfrontofyou,andcanrevise.
GoodwritingandcriticalthinkingarethetwomostimportantskillswithwhichyoucanleavealiberalartseducationattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaWilmington(UNCW).Theins-and-outsofChinesepoliticsordecision-makingtheorymaynotlastbeyondthefinalexaminthisclass(alas!
),butsolidwritingandstronganalysiswillserveyouwellfortherestofyourlife.Thishandoutdealswiththeimportanceofwritingwell.
TheabilitytorepresentyourselfwellonpaperwillhelpyousecureajobafteryouleaveUNCW,asyouwillbemoreattentivetotheimportanceofthequalityofthepresentationofyourwrittenwork(likearesumeandcoverletter).Howyouwritesaysalotaboutyouasaperson,andrecruitersknowthis.Itisnotjustwhatisonthepaperthatdistinguishesoneresumefromanotherinacompetitivejobmarket.Presentation,clarity,andprofessionalismcanhelpdistinguishyoufromthepack.Further,intheworkplace,goodwritersarehighlyprized(becausesofewpeoplecanwritewell).Writingwell,thus,opensthedoortoadvancementinalmostanyfieldyoumightchooseinthefuture.
Forthesereasons,assignmentsinthiscoursearedesignedtohelpyouimproveyourwriting.Therefore,wewillspendtimeinclassonactivities,suchasproofreadingandansweringsampleessayquestions,tohelpyouwritebetter.IwillalsoinvestmytimeincommentingextensivelyonthewrittenassignmentsIreceive.Ilookatcommentingonpapersasachanceto"
talk"
toyouaboutyourassignment.Idonotseemycommentsascriticisminavacuum.Wecanall(Iincludemyself)improveourwriting.Ihopethatyouwillusemycommentstoimproveyoursubsequentassignments.Iwillnoteparticularproblemsinyourwritingandexpecttoseeproblemsinareasidentifiedinmycommentsimproved.
AHow-toGuide
Therearedifferencesbetweenaresearchpaper,amemo,andanansweronanessayexam;
however,theyallsharecertaincommonfeatures.Theygosomewhere;
theyarguesomething;
theyhaveadirection.Additionally,outliningthemainpointsbeforebeginningtowritecandrasticallyimprovethefinalproduct.
TheTitle
Thetitleofyourpapershouldsuggestnotjustthetopicofthepaperbutalsothethrustoftheargument,ifpossible.Anessayoflongerthanthreepagesshouldprobablyhaveatitle,orcovering,page.Thisshouldinclude,ataminimum,thetitleofthepaper,yourname,thecoursenameandnumber,myname,anddateofsubmission.
TheOpening
Agoodpapershouldhaveanopeningthatisinterestingtothereader.Istheresomethingintriguingthatyoucanusetograbyourreader’sattentionandfocusitonthequestiontobeconsidered?
TheThesisandOutlineofArgument—StillintheIntroductorySection
Aftertheopening,thepapershouldhaveathesisstatementwhichsuccinctlyencapsulatesthemainargumentoftheessay(thismaybeahoworwhyanswer,apolicyrecommendation,oranopinion).
Importantly,afterthethesisstatement,thepapershouldthentellthereaderhowtheauthorintendstodemonstratehisorherargumentorjustifytheopinionorrecommendationasserted.Thisisimportant,anditisastepthatmanybuddingauthorsforget.Thissteppreparesthereaderforthestructureoftheessaytofollow.
TheBody
Inthebodyofthepaper,theauthorshouldmakepointsinsupportofthethesis.Itisimportantaftereachpointtolinkbacktothethesisandtellthereaderwhyyouhavetoldhertheforegoing.Thishelpstodisciplineyou.Ifyoucannotfigureouthowapointrelatestoyourthesis,chancesareyourreaderwillnotbeabletoeither.Youmightneedtore-think.
Inadditiontolinkingbacktoyourthesis,trytoprovidethereaderwithtransitionsentencestoconnecttheflowofideasinthebodyoftheessay.Transitionsentencesdonothavetobeincludedinthefirstdraftyouwrite,buttheyshouldbethereinthefinalproduct.Gobackandwritetheminlater.
Lastly,inalongerpaper,considersectionheadingstokeepyourpointsanalyticallydistinct.Thisisagreatservicetothereader(thoughsomeprofessorsdonotcareforthem,socheck).Again,sectionheadingshelptodisciplineyou,thewriter,asyouwillonlybeabletotalkaboutrelevantinformationthatfitsundertheheadingyouhavegiven.
TheConclusion
Generally,nonewinformation(inthesenseof“data”)shouldbepresentedintheconclusion.Rather,theconclusionshouldre-statethethesisandshowthereaderhowithasbeendemonstratedbywhatcameinthebodyofthepaper.Sometimes,authorsusetheconclusiontoconsider"
bigissues"
presentedbytheproblemunderconsideration.
Sources
PoliticalSciencepaperstypicallyusebothprimaryandsecondarysources.Primarysourcesincludegovernmentdocuments,politicalpartystatements,andpoliticalleaders'
speeches.Usingprimarysourceinformation(datathathasnotbeenpre-digestedbyanotheranalyst)canreallyenrichyourpaperandhelpyouproducestrongerwork.Secondarysourcesincludejournalarticles,newspaperpieces,andbooks.BooksandjournalarticlesshouldformthebulkofsourcesforyourresearchforapaperinPoliticalScience.Forsomeverycurrenttopics,newspaperarticlesandgovernmentwebsitesmaybeyourstrongestsources.Besuretobeacriticalconsumerofallthesourcesonwhichyourely.Justbecausesomethingisontheweborinabookdoesnotmakeit"
thetruth."
PleasenotethatWikipediaisnotavalidsource.DonotciteWikipedia,Geocities,Aboutorsimilarsources.
Finally,donotletthesourcesyoufinddrivethecontentofyourpaper.Justbecauseyoufoundsomethingwhiledoingyourresearchdoesnotmeanitshouldbeincludedinthefinalpaper.Useonlywhatyouneedtomakeyourargument(todemonstrateyourthesis).
Checkmywebpageon"
GoodSources"
tofindfurthersuggestions.
Audience
Knowingyouraudienceisacriticalissuebecausetheleveloftheaudiencehelpstodeterminethetypesofinformationyouneedtoincludeinyourpapertogetyourpointsacrosstothereader.Keepinmindthatyouarenotwritingpapersforanaudienceofone,theprofessor.Yourpapershouldbegearedtowardtheinterestedandintelligentlayperson(bylayperson,Imeans