... . . . If
you have questions, do not hesitate to ask
your instructors ... January
2005
Universität
Basel
Department of English
Proseminar:
Literature and Culture Studies
Writing an Academic Paper
useful
links
What is a Thesis Paper?
Writing
about literature
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_lit.html]
(March 2002)
What
is an academic paper?
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/what.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
Writing
a thesis
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/thesis.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
What
is a thesis? / developing a thesis
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/develop.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
how
to find a good thesis
[http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html]
(March 2002)
Structure and Argument
Considering
Structure and Argument"
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/write.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
Logic
in Argumentative Writing
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_argpers.html]
(March 2002)
Logic
and argument
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/logic.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
Coherence
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_cohere.html]
(March 2002)
Conciseness
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_concise.html]
(March 2002)
Attending
to Style (coherence and conciseness)
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/style.shtml]
(Dec. 04)
Bibliography / Avoiding Plagiarism
Quoting,
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html]
(March 2002)
Researching
your topic / dealing
with sources
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/research.shtml]
(Jan. 05)
MLA-style:
[http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/mla.html]
(March 2002)
Language
Improve
your Writing Style
[http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/style.html]
(March 2002)
How
to Improve Sentence Variety
[http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/variety.html]
(March 2002)
Using
Commas
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html]
(March 2002)
Grammar,
Spelling, Punctuation and Syntax
[http://www.dac.neu.edu/owl/ucdict/secel.html]
(March 2002)
Attending
to grammar
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml]
(Jan. 05
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