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Essential Writing Techniques For College Students by Carl Ramirez
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When students venture into the new realms of college or university education, they will commonly encounter a vast range of new experiences both in and out of the lecture theater. One of the big challenges that these students face, however, is working out how to raise their standards when it comes to study techniques and academic writing. Academic writing at secondary or high school is of a significantly lower level than that required at college or university and indeed, these institutions are much stricter when it comes to marking such writing. And if, as a college student, you fail to meet the required standard or your writing style is not consistent, then you will see your grades dropping, despite the fact that you may really know your stuff! It is vital therefore that you learn and master the essential writing techniques for college students. The first of these is to understand the basic format of an essay or dissertation. Depending on the length of the work, there should be an abstract at the beginning of your writing, which really summarises the purpose of your work, your methodology/analysis and your conclusions. Do not attempt to write this until you have finished the rest of your piece as you may find you end up making incorrect conclusions just to match those that you quoted in your abstract. Your work should then have a sound introduction, some theoretical, evidenced background, a clear methodology and analysis section and some discussion and conclusions. You may also go on to discuss the limitations of your work and detail the opportunities for further research. Once you have the structure of your writing you then have to ensure that the language you use is appropriate for your academic level. One thing that most new students tend to slip up on is using 'I'. For example, 'I believe that the economic challenges of today were brought about by...'. College students should quickly get into the habit of replacing 'I' with, 'The author' or 'The researcher'. Talking about your opinions or actions in the third person is a simple way to raise the standard of your academic writing. And finally, and possibly most importantly, you should swiftly familiarise yourself with your college or university referencing system, whether its Harvard, APA, Oxford etc., learn it and use it consistently. Failing to reference others' material correctly can actually lead to dismissal from college or university on the grounds of plagiarism, and this issue should not be taken lightly. If you embed all of these techniques into your writing from day one, you will soon become a good writer, and hopefully this, combined with sound learning and study techniques will allow you to become a successful student. custom research paper writers
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