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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Land Acknowledgement
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Writing Is a Process, Not a Product
    1. 1.1. Learning Goals
    2. 1.2 Holistic Academic Writing
    3. 1.3 Writing Processes
    4. 1.4 Getting Started
    5. 1.5 Reading to Write
    6. 1.6 Drafting
    7. 1.7 Feedback: No One Writes Alone
    8. 1.8 Your Own Process
    9. 1.9 In Summary
  8. Writing Projects
    1. 2.1 Learning Goals
    2. 2.2 Genres, Stories, and Academic Writing
    3. 2.3 Academic Writing as a Genre
    4. 2.4 How to Use Genre to Help You Write
    5. 2.5 Reading Academic Writing
    6. 2.6 Common Sub-Genres of Academic Writing or What You’ll Be Writing
    7. 2.7 The Essay
    8. 2.8 Other Common Academic Writing Sub-Genre You Will Encounter
    9. 2.9 Online Writing and Academic Writing
    10. 2.10 In Summary
  9. Why We Write
    1. 3.1 Learning Goals
    2. 3.2 Language as Equipment for Living
    3. 3.3 The Basics: The Rhetorical Triangle as Communication Formula
    4. 3.4 Knowing Your Audience: Values and Beliefs
    5. 3.5 Everything's Persuasion
    6. 3.6 In Summary
  10. The Wonderful World of Research
    1. 4.1 Learning Goals
    2. 4.2 Knowledges and Traditions
    3. 4.3 Why Do You Learn to Research?
    4. 4.4 Your Research Journey
    5. 4.5 Quick Guide to Undergraduate Research for an Assignment
    6. 4.6 Citational Practice: Writing from Sources
    7. 4.7 In Summary
  11. Grammar and Mechanics
    1. 5.1 Learning Goals
    2. 5.2 Grammar as a Situated Practice
    3. 5.3 What is Grammar?
    4. 5.4 The Rules for Academic Writing in English
    5. 5.5 Using Algorithms to Correct Your Writing
    6. 5.6 Inclusive Grammar "Rules"
    7. 5.7 Breaking Rules (With a Purpose)
    8. 5.8 Voice
    9. 5.9 Crafting Coherent Paragraphs
    10. 5.10 In Summary
  12. Resources

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Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada by Academic Writing Program, University of Victoria is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

© 2020 Nancy Ami, Natalie Boldt, Sara Humphreys, Erin Kelly, and Shailoo Bedi.

First Edition 2020.

Published by The Academic Writing Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2 Canada.

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