{"id":151,"date":"2018-09-14T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T14:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/part\/appendixa-writingbasics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T16:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T16:22:49","slug":"academic-writing-basics","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/part\/academic-writing-basics\/","title":{"raw":"APPENDICES: Academic Writing Basics","rendered":"APPENDICES: Academic Writing Basics"},"content":{"raw":"<em>Technical Writing Essentials<\/em> is designed to follow up on the skills learned in a first year Academic Writing course. An open textbook used in some first year writing courses is <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/whywriteguide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Chapter 5 of this textbook gives you an overview of the general <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/whywriteguide\/chapter\/5-4-the-rules-for-academic-writing-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Rules for Academic Writing<\/a>.\"\u00a0 The following sections provide a review of some of the basic conventions and expectations of academic writing that students should be familiar with and that are relevant to technical writing:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/referring-to-authors-and-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix A: Referring to Authors and Titles<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/writing-a-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix B: Writing a Summary<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/integrating-source-evidence-into-your-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix C: Integrating Source Evidence into your Writing<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/transitional-words-and-phrases-for-university-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix D: <\/a><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/appendixd-transitionalwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transitional Words and Phrases for University Writing<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/sentence-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix E: Sentence Structure<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/punctuation-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix F: Punctuation Matters<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/writing-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix G: Writing Comparisons<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/peer-review-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix H: Peer Review Essentials<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p><em>Technical Writing Essentials<\/em> is designed to follow up on the skills learned in a first year Academic Writing course. An open textbook used in some first year writing courses is <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/whywriteguide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Chapter 5 of this textbook gives you an overview of the general <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/whywriteguide\/chapter\/5-4-the-rules-for-academic-writing-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Rules for Academic Writing<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 The following sections provide a review of some of the basic conventions and expectations of academic writing that students should be familiar with and that are relevant to technical writing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/referring-to-authors-and-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix A: Referring to Authors and Titles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/writing-a-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix B: Writing a Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/integrating-source-evidence-into-your-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix C: Integrating Source Evidence into your Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/transitional-words-and-phrases-for-university-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix D: <\/a><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/appendixd-transitionalwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transitional Words and Phrases for University Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/sentence-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix E: Sentence Structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/punctuation-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix F: Punctuation Matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/writing-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix G: Writing Comparisons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technicalwritingh5p\/chapter\/peer-review-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix H: Peer Review Essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-151","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/151\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}