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Land Acknowledgement
Acknowledgements
Writing Is a Process, Not a Product
1.1. Learning Goals
1.2 Holistic Academic Writing
1.3 Writing Processes
1.4 Getting Started
1.5 Reading to Write
1.6 Drafting
1.7 Feedback: No One Writes Alone
1.8 Your Own Process
1.9 In Summary
Writing Projects
2.1 Learning Goals
2.2 Genres, Stories, and Academic Writing
2.3 Academic Writing as a Genre
2.4 How to Use Genre to Help You Write
2.5 Reading Academic Writing
2.6 Common Sub-Genres of Academic Writing or What You’ll Be Writing
2.7 The Essay
2.8 Other Common Academic Writing Sub-Genre You Will Encounter
2.9 Online Writing and Academic Writing
2.10 In Summary
Why We Write
3.1 Learning Goals
3.2 Language as Equipment for Living
3.3 The Basics: The Rhetorical Triangle as Communication Formula
3.4 Knowing Your Audience: Values and Beliefs
3.5 Everything's Persuasion
3.6 In Summary
The Wonderful World of Research
4.1 Learning Goals
4.2 Knowledges and Traditions
4.3 Why Do You Learn to Research?
4.4 Your Research Journey
4.5 Quick Guide to Undergraduate Research for an Assignment
4.6 Citational Practice: Writing from Sources
4.7 In Summary
Grammar and Mechanics
5.1 Learning Goals
5.2 Grammar as a Situated Practice
5.3 What is Grammar?
5.4 The Rules for Academic Writing in English
5.5 Using Algorithms to Correct Your Writing
5.6 Inclusive Grammar "Rules"
5.7 Breaking Rules (With a Purpose)
5.8 Voice
5.9 Crafting Coherent Paragraphs
5.10 In Summary
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Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada
Nancy Ami; Natalie Boldt; Sara Humphreys; Erin Kelly; Shailoo Bedi; Jemma Llewellyn; and Monica Conners
Jemma Llewellyn and Monica Conners
Academic Writing Program, University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
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