One distinguishing characteristic of academic writing is the use of referencing and citation. Please go on the links below and read about it.
http://owll.massey.ac.nz/main/referencing.php
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxKHBzmgzTpbT0RUUGNBX2tva3M/view?usp=sharing
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One of the key features of academic writing is its use of sources and referencing them. What are sources and what do we mean by referencing them? Explain the use of sources in the context of quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing. What are some of the pitfalls that ESL writers experience in course of quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing as far as the use of sources is concerned?
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Plagiarism refers to do not copy, paraphrase or translate anything from anywhere without saying from where you got it! Don't forget to use quotation marks!
ReplyDeleteIt is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own
Quoting: to present an exect word or the statement a researcher going use for his writing.
Paraphrasing: it is to clarify, simplify, shorten others given idea or work.
Summarizing: summary is to shorten large proposion in small paragraph, or a sentence or two.
These quoting, paraphrasing and summary are the ways to incorporate evidence in academic writing.
You will naturally skim and scan information, depending on the contexts, but getting the sequence right and knowing when to do what is crucial in summarizing texts effectively and efficiently. online paraphrase
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