{"id":141,"date":"2018-09-14T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/part\/appendixa-writingbasics\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:04:50","slug":"appendixa-writingbasics","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/part\/appendixa-writingbasics\/","title":{"raw":"APPENDICES: Academic Writing Basics","rendered":"APPENDICES: Academic Writing Basics"},"content":{"raw":"Technical Writing Essentials<\/em> is designed to follow up on the skills learned in a first year Academic Writing course. An open textbook used in some first year writing courses is Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Chapter 5 of this textbook gives you an overview of the general \"Rules for Academic Writing<\/a>.\"\u00a0 The following sections provide a review of some of the basic conventions and expectations of academic writing that students should be familiar with and that are relevant to technical writing:\n\nAppendix A:\u00a0 Referring to Authors and Titles<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix B:\u00a0 Writing Summaries<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix C:\u00a0 Integrating Quotations, Paraphrases and Summaries into your Writing<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix D:\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong>Transitional Words and Phrases for University Writing<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix E:\u00a0 Sentence Structure<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix F:\u00a0 Punctuation Matters<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix G:\u00a0 Writing Comparisons<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAppendix H:\u00a0 Peer Review Essentials<\/strong><\/a>\n\n ","rendered":"

Technical Writing Essentials<\/em> is designed to follow up on the skills learned in a first year Academic Writing course. An open textbook used in some first year writing courses is Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Chapter 5 of this textbook gives you an overview of the general “Rules for Academic Writing<\/a>.”\u00a0 The following sections provide a review of some of the basic conventions and expectations of academic writing that students should be familiar with and that are relevant to technical writing:<\/p>\n

Appendix A:\u00a0 Referring to Authors and Titles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix B:\u00a0 Writing Summaries<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix C:\u00a0 Integrating Quotations, Paraphrases and Summaries into your Writing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix D:\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong>Transitional Words and Phrases for University Writing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix E:\u00a0 Sentence Structure<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix F:\u00a0 Punctuation Matters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix G:\u00a0 Writing Comparisons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix H:\u00a0 Peer Review Essentials<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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