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The Writing Process

• Nancy Marenick
• The Writing Centre
• 867-5221

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Stages of the Writing Process
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Researching http//www.stfx.ca
Organizing http//www.stfx.ca/resources/writingcen
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Writing Rewriting Editing Proofreading
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Key word, p.32 Key word, p.54
Key word, p.33-35 Key word, p.38
Key word, p.45
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Topic to Thesis Statement

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Introduction

• Clear and Concise
• Purpose

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Essential Components
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Transitions

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Supporting Evidence

• Quote judiciously
• Always cite quotations
• or paraphrases
• Document accurately

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Avoiding Plagiarism

• But I didnt realize
• Unintentional Intentional

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Conclusion

• Relevance today
• Message
• Reflect
• Project

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Sentence Structure

• Over the past decade, the populations . . . the
  positive effects of folic acid however, the data
  does not show the long-term effects.

• Over the past decade, the populations . . . the
  positive effects of folic acid, however the data
  does not show the long-term effects.

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• ?
• __________________ . _________________
• __________________ , and ______________
• __________________ _________________
• __________________ however, _________

Complete sentence
Complete sentence
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Sentence Structure

• While other studies illustrated that women who
  consumed double the recommended dosage showed an
  increase in spontaneous abortions.
• While other studies illustrated that women who
  consumed double the recommended dosage showed an
  increase in spontaneous abortions, Smith argues
  that

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There/Their

• Expletive construction and not the subject of
  the sentence
• In that place
• Possession, belongs to

• There is. . . ?
• Put it there. ?
• They argued their case. ?

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Good, Better, Best

• There are many ways to view the dropping off
  effect. They are .
• Many ways to view the dropping off effect are
• The dropping off effect is described as ..
• Smith described the dropping off effect as .

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Conciseness

• After analyzing this article it helped to
  illustrate effectively . . .

• Analyzing this article helped illustrate.
• This article effectively illustrated the

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Clarity - Pronouns

• After analyzing this article it helped to
  illustrate effectively . . .addressed many
  epidemiological concerns. It also illustrated . .
  .

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Conciseness

• A major cohort study concluded that with adequate
  folic acid intake there was no significant change
  in the occurrence of spontaneous abortions.

• A major cohort study concluded that with adequate
  folic acid intake no significant change in the
  occurrence spontaneous abortions.

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Pronoun Agreement

• The researcher was . . . they
• Researchers were they
• An individualthey ..
• The individuals.they
• A participant wasthey ..
• The participants were.they ..

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Then/Than

• _____ she went to the store.
• Then she went to the store.
• He is faster____ his friend.
• He is faster than his friend.

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Example

• .who received a higher then normal dosage of
  folic acid..

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Its/Its (it is)

• _____ your turn to present your proposal.
• Its your turn to present your proposal.
• The dog wagged ___ tail.
• The dog wagged its tail.

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Affect/Effect

• Affect Action Verb
• The researchers results affected later studies.
• Effect Result Noun
• The effect of the drums added suspense.

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Active/Passive Voice

• ..research illustrated by Cornel et al. (2005)
  has shown . . .

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  ar/g_actpass.html
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  sive_quiz.htm

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Clear and Concise

• An experiment was conducted
• by Wolfe

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  ar/g_actpass.html
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  sive_quiz.htm

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One Author

• One recent study showed another link between
  stress and peer pressure, which .. (Fagan,
  2004).
• Fagan (2004) showed another link between stress
  and peer pressure, which ..

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Two Authors always use both names

• The ethical implications are (Gillis Cavan,
  2002).
• Gillis and Cavan (2002) discussed ....

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3,4,or 5 Authors First Citation

• They showed that .. (Wadsworth, Arseneau,
  Hanlon, 2004).
• Wadsworth, Arseneau, and Hanlon (2004) showed
  that...

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3,4, or 5 Authors Subsequent Citations

• Shorten to first surname et al.
• The research proved that.(Wadsworth et al.,
  2004).
• Wadsworth et al. (2002) discovered that.

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Six Automatically use first surname et al.

• They clarified their results by.
• (MacKenzie et al., 2005).
• MacKenzie et al. (2005) clarified the
• results by..

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Secondary Sources

• Johnson (1975, as cited in Mazier, 2002)
  described ..
• The researcher described.. (Johnson, 1975, as
  cited in Mazier, 2002).

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Reference Article from a Journal

• Connell, D. (1997). Participatory
• development An approach
• sensitive to class and gender.
• Development Practice, 7(3), 248-
• 259.

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Reference Article with no DOI Assigned

• Sillick, T. J., Schutte, N. S. (2006).
  Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate
  between perceived early parental love and adult
  happiness.
• E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 3848.
  Retrieved from http//ojs.lib.swin.
  edu.au/index.php/ejap/article/view/ 7/1/100

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Reference Article with DOI Assigned

• Stultz, J. (2006). Integrating exposure therapy
  and analytic therapy in trauma treatment.
  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(4),
  482488. doi10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482

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Revising

• Questions are answered?
• Ideas are clear, logical, and consistent?
• Supporting evidence is accurate?
• Properly documented?
• Correct grammar and sentence structure?

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The Writing Centre

• To make an appointment
• Call
• 867-5221

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