APPENDICES: Academic Writing Basics
Technical Writing Essentials 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 Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada. Chapter 5 of this textbook gives you an overview of the general “Rules for Academic Writing.” 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:
Appendix A: Referring to Authors and Titles
Appendix C: Integrating Quotations, Paraphrases and Summaries into your Writing
Appendix D: Transitional Words and Phrases for University Writing
Appendix E: Sentence Structure
Appendix F: Punctuation Matters
Appendix G: Writing Comparisons
Appendix H: Peer Review Essentials
