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This academic writing guide provides essential tips and guidelines for college students to enhance their writing skills. Learn about page layout, fonts, spacing, and more. Understand how to incorporate quotations and citations properly in the MLA style with an introduction, body, and conclusion structure. This resource emphasizes well-developed paragraphs, organized structure, and controlled language. It encourages confident, scholarly writing while avoiding amateur phrases, clichés, and unnecessary words. Follow this guide to improve your academic writing proficiency.
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Writing in College Academic style
Format: page layout, heading, font, spacing, etc. Quotations: author tag, use quotation marks Citations: parenthetical with page # Works Cited page MLA Style
Introduction with thesis statement, Body, Conclusion Well-developed paragraphs (5-10 sentences) Do not put specific examples/quotations in the introduction or conclusion Do not start or end a paragraph with a quotation Organized structure
Do not ask questions (weak language, unsure point of view); instead rephrase as strong, bold statements Controlled: follow conventions Proofread carefully for grammar and clarity Language
Objective (avoid 1st and 2nd person) • Confident (avoid questions) • Scholarly • See “The Cut List” (handout) • Avoid amateur phrases, direct references to the assignment or reader, unnecessary words/phrases, cliché words/phrases, hedges tone
