• Pulling It Together:
  • Creating Bibliographies
    • Module Objectives
    • 1. Citing Sources – Part of Academic Culture
    • 2. Plagiarism
    • 3. Citations and Bibliographies
    • 4. Citing and AI-Based Tools
    • 5. Citation Style
    • 6. Citation Management
    • •  Zotero
    • 7. Annotated Bibliographies
  • Writing Strategies
    • Module Objectives
    • 1. Where to Begin
    • 2. The Writing Process
    • 3. Strategies for Starting
    • 4. Drafting
    • 5. Developing a Working Thesis/Position Statement
    • 6. Your Reader
  • Revising Your Draft
    • Module Objectives
    • 1. Why Revise?
    • 2. Thinking Like a Reader
    • 3. Take a Break
    • 4. Ask Others
    • 5. Reviewing
    • •  The Whole
    • •  Reviewing the Paragraphs
    • • The Sentences
  • Editing
    • Module Objectives
    • 1. Why Edit?
    • 2. Editing:
    • •  Content
    • •  Citations
    • •  Language
    • •  Grammar
    • •  Punctuation & Format
    • •  Test Your Knowledge
    • 3. Tracking Frequent Errors
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  • Using Commas

Module Objectives

This module will introduce strategies for editing your paper for its content, use of language, and for grammar and punctuation. It describes the importance of:

  • taking a strategic approach to editing your essay
  • assessing the effectiveness of the introduction, body and conclusion of your paper
  • identifying and fixing common problems in language use, citation formatting, grammar and punctuation
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Module Objectives

This module on understanding assignments provides strategies for:

  • understanding the general requirements of an academic assignment
  • determining the purpose of an assignment in order to guide the writing process
  • discovering types of assignments and their corresponding signal words
  • noting various disciplinary approaches
  • defining the audience and considering its role in the assignment