Academic Writing - 1st Years

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Academic WritingYear 1

Elaine Mc Carthy


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Outline

The Question

Research & Planning

Writing

Proofng

Reerencing

Time management

Stress management

Contemporary Art Archive 2by

Lyndall Jones


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Review Essay

50%o LPP Module

800 1!000ords

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Where " (ard co)y to

Theresa Mc*enna


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What am & eing as'edt" d"(

Re+ie an e,hibition in detail

C"nte)tualisethe artor- rom a s"cial.

culturaland hist"rical)ers)ecti+e

/,)lore techni0ues em)loyed

Short bibliogra)hy 1at least 5 s"urces2


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Essay *uesti"n

*ey ords

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,earning Outc"mes

Research;nalysis


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Active Research


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Reading

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Reduce stress


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Essay C"nstructi"n

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he "dy c"ntains the main

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/ach )aragra)h

&ntr"duce

/ac'u+ with evidence

7ummarise


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Write

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'ollo your structure Reer bac- to the research 0uestion

Wor-s)ace5 consistent. comortable &

organised Refne and reassess later


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Academic

Writing /,)ress yoursel clearly


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Academic writing is

n"ta"ut Long com)licated ords6sentences

See)ing statements

Re+olutionary original ideas

H)inion )ieces


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Education is not the filling of a pail,

but the lighting of a fire.

W. B. Yeats

Hr Plutarch


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/eing Critical

Put orard a 0uestion or argument

/,)lore and e+aluate

Limitations6shortcomings6ea-nesses Reerence e,)erts

Ma-e a c"nstructivesuggestion

Remember be res)ectul


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Art Review

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The authors +"sitthat

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-r""# and Edit

Rele+ant to to)ic:

ac- u) )oints 9 bring in e,)ert o)inions:

S)elling. 4rammar & Punctuation

'ormatting

Reerencing

Strategies5 S)ell9


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Rememer

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Re#erence


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Why Re#erence(


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Reliale Evidence and7"urces

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!onald Judd 1B#NO2 Complete writings, 1975 - 1986

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time and thought toinstall or- careully$This should not alaysbe thron aay$G

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Quote

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Paraphrase

To e,)ress anotherAs or-6ords

in your on ords andac-noledge the sourceRule

Ee+er use 0uotation mar-s;lays cite


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@deals are directions. not absolutes

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!elegate " you cannot do e+erything$

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ime Management

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7tress Management

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