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A Survivor’s Guide to College Writing
by John Freed, Ph.D.Brandman Universityof the Chapman University System(rev. October 2009)
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Copyright (2009) by John Freedall rights reserved relative to Creative Commons
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A Survivor's Guide to College Writing
by John Freed
dedicated to my son who confessed to me after his masters degree ceremonythat this small guide got him from high school dropout to graduate degree
Creative Commons
This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0United States License.
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Sections
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- Who Needs A Survivor’s Guide ?
- Why a Writing-intensive College Curriculum?
- What Does this Guide Provide?
- The Writer’s Tool Box
- 1. A heavyweight dictionary and thesaurus are a writer’s main tools
- 2. Computer-assisted word processing is a necessity at the college level
- 3. Style manuals and documentation formats are required at the college-level
- a. Use a standard guide and be consistent in its use
- b. Computer printed papers make for happier readers
- c. Use standard margins:
- e. Papers need to be properly fastened and unbound
- The Paper Itself
- Collecting, Shaping and Re-Shaping:
- Collecting
- Shaping
- My Checklist for Expository Academic Writing
- I. EXTERNAL CONSIDERATIONS
- II. INTERNAL CONSIDERATIONS:
- Some Notes about Logic and Logical Fallacies:
- Re-Shaping:
- Editor’s Symbols
- On the variability of grading :
- Why Write Research Papers?
- 1. Demonstrates the methodology of a discipline:
- 2. Declares independence from your teachers:
- 3. Stretches your competencies:
- Extra Scoring Bonus
- Suggestions for Writing the In-class Essay or Comprehensive Examination
- A Selected Bibliography of Field Specific Style Manuals
- The Humanities and Business
- The Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
- The Social Sciences:
- Advanced Expository Writing Grading Rubric by John Freed (revised August 2009)
- The Last Words
- A Note about this Publication and New Media's Gift Economy
- John Freed, Ph.D
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