Becoming A Better University Writer
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 86
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 86
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Becoming a Better University Writer features twenty-seven concise essays on all aspects of the first-year writing process, from time management to sentence variety, from annotated bibliographies to managing writer's block. Each essay includes a short writing exercise designed to reinforce its respective lessons
Introduction
Time Management
Creating a Writing Environment that Works for You
Writing about Images
Low-Stakes Writing
What a Sentence Is
What a Sentence Is Not
Sentence Variety
Research Questions
Finding and Citing Sources in English 1110
Annotated Bibliography
Summary
The Five-Paragraph Essay
A Working Thesis
Fixing Run-ons
Topic Sentences
The Standard Body Paragraph
Using Writing Feedback
From Writing to Public Speaking
Writer’s Block
Writing for What You Want
Experimenting with Casual Punctuation
Connecting Sentences
Other Questions That Motivate Your Writing
Parallelism
Specificity with Stories and Examples
Specificity with Terms
Splitting
After Splitting
Conclusion
OSU Newark Campus Resources
Works Cited
Paul McCormick, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer at Ohio State University at Newark, who teaches classes on U.S. literature, film history, and all levels of English composition. He's published essays, reviews, and book chapters on issues in narrative theory, film history, and the American novel.