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Academic vs. Non-Academic Writing Guide

This document provides information on academic vs non-academic texts, outlining, bibliographies, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism. Academic texts are formal, take time to publish, and cite references, while non-academic texts are informal and can be published quickly. Outlines map the structure of academic papers and include main headings and arguments. Bibliographies are alphabetical lists of sources cited and come at the end of a text. Paraphrasing restates insights from references in one's own words, while summarizing provides an overview of the key ideas and essence of an entire text. Plagiarism includes directly copying text, self-plagiarism by reusing one's own

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Academic vs. Non-Academic Writing Guide

This document provides information on academic vs non-academic texts, outlining, bibliographies, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism. Academic texts are formal, take time to publish, and cite references, while non-academic texts are informal and can be published quickly. Outlines map the structure of academic papers and include main headings and arguments. Bibliographies are alphabetical lists of sources cited and come at the end of a text. Paraphrasing restates insights from references in one's own words, while summarizing provides an overview of the key ideas and essence of an entire text. Plagiarism includes directly copying text, self-plagiarism by reusing one's own

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EAPP TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: APA

ACADEMIC VS. NON-ACADEMIC TEXT FORMAT

ACADEMIC • Article from academic journal

- takes a long time to publish Surname, I. & Surname, I. (Year of Publication).


- made by professionals Title of the article (sentence case). Journal
- uses formal language (Capitalized first letter). Volume # (Issue #), pages
(w/o pp.).
- specific
- proper punctuation marks • Book
- includes references
Surname, I. (Year of Publication). Title of book
NON-ACADEMIC (sentence case) (edition). Place of Publication:
Publisher.
- can be published right away
- made by the mass, public • Article from anthology
- uses casual, slang language
Surname, I. (Year of Publication). Title of the
- informal Article (sentence case). Editors (I. Surname and I.
OUTLINES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES Surname). Title of the Book (capitalized first
letter). Place of Publication: Publisher.
OUTLINE
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- a plan or a summary of a writing object
- written either on set of cards, table, or simply
- map/shape of your essay
typed.
- structure of an academic paper
- includes summary/abstract, findings,
- main headings are encoded with roman recommendations
numerals with supporting arguments marked by
capital PARAPHRASING AND SUMMARIZING
letters
PARAPHRASING – process in which a writer
o Topic Outline
restates the insights found in reference using his
- do not exceed 3 words own words
- key words, phrases o Sentence Outline
- complete sentences - 80% - 90% of summary
- rules: use third person (he, she, they)
BIBLIOGRAPHY - no quotation marks
- a list of materials that were used or will be - add information
used in the composition of an - signal words: explained, stated, said, asserts,
academic/professional piece according to
- found at the end of text
SUMMARIZING – synopsis or digest of the
- arranged alphabetically essence of an entire text
- APA: American Psychological Association
- MLA: Modern Language Association – used - reviews, literary critique
in humanities - gist, key ideas, main point
- broad overview
- larger selections to bare essentials
- includes citations
PLAGIARISM

• Direct - word for word transcription of a


selection
• Self-plagiarism - occurs when a student submits
his own previous work, or mixes parts of
previous work without permissions from all
professors involves
• Mosaic - student borrows phrases from a source
without using quotation marks
• Accidental - person neglects to cite their
sources, misquotes their sources or
unintentionally paraphrase a source by a using
similar words

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