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I am Nehalba Gohil and I am student of Department of English, MKBU.This blog is a part of my classroom thinking activity and this activity given by Megha ma'am
What is Mechanics writing ?
In composition, writing mechanics are the conventions governing the technical aspects of writing, including spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviations. Getting your main points together can be a challenge, and one solution is to put together a draft of main ideas before writing.
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Academic writing
Academic writing is a formal style of writing used in universities and scholarly publications. You'll encounter it in journal articles and books on academic topics, and you'll be expected to write your essays, research papers, and dissertation in academic style.
Non Academic writing
Non-Academic articles are written for the mass public. They are published quickly and can be written by anyone. Their language is informal, casual and may contain slang. The author may not be provided and will not have any credentials listed. There will be no reference list.
And also known as formal vocab and informal vocab.
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Academic writing The Basics : Atanu Bhattacharya
Out line
- What not to do
- What can be done
- Web tools
- Case study
The publication scale: not so harmless
A Few takeaways
- Writing has meterial effects
- Avoid massive Jargonization
- Research and publication ethics
- Carefully choose the topic
- Introduction last
- Create an indexed literature review
- Be sure of the triangulated methods
The three more suggestion given that are
1) Do not repeat the same arguments.
2) Use available digital tools
3) Follow the literature
Some digital tools : reference management
For example : zetero mendeley
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the theft of someone else's ideas and work. It is the incorporation of facts ideas or specific language that are not common knowledge are taken from another source and are not properly cited
Types : -
1. Verbatim of rephrasing without acknowledgement.
2. Inappropriate collaboration.
3. Other assistance without acknowledgement.
4. Cheating (copying others’ work).
5. Duplication (submitting the same work for different courses/ programs/ degrees).
6. Research fabrication and falsification.
7. Using computer networks for false attribution
Summing up
Linguistics choices the pitching of the paper / dissertation/ thesis
Discourse choise how down organize it line of argument etc
Topic choices availability/ non availability of meterial synchronic / diachronic
Ethical choices plagiarism etc
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Academic writing : The Mechanics : Atanu Bhattacharya
Formulating Propositions/ Defining
Formulating a proposition / Defining often takes the following link form
Key term + Verb/ is / defined as / can be defined as / is often defined as + which / that / where / when + Defining features
