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Academic Writing

How to write your argumentative essay: overview

Very often we get requests from students to review their argumentative essays to make sure that the language, grammar, referencing is correct. And a fairly big part of these essays has a bigger problem than grammar and spelling: poor arguments.

How to find reliable academic sources for your research paper on the Internet

Do you seriously need reliable sources on the internet where you can easily and credibly locate all of your research papers on any related subject/topic? Then this article will help you in that direction! More and more students are turning to the Internet when doing research for their projects, and more and more instructors are requiring such research when setting topics. Though, research online is very dissimilar from traditional research, the differences can cause issues. The internet is a tremendous resource point but must be used sensibly and censoriously.

How To Write During Commercial Breaks

We really are a culture of TV addiction, but it's more than an addiction. TV has been integrated into our daily dose of necessary social activity. If we went without TV for too long, it would unravel our social fabric. So the question is how to write during commercial breaks.

3 Techniques for Writing a College Paper

When you get stuck in the mud writing a college paper you will want to have some approach to get out of the mud. These three techniques have that power to free you to get on with writing your college paper.

Censor, Censure, Sensor, and Censer

If you buy a term paper, you might end up with a shoddy job. The only way to be sure is to look for tale-tell word confusions. Here are four that sound nearly identical and even native writers confuse. If the writer is well educated his or her brain will have built in sensors to detect an incorrect word switch and will censor it before they type it.

How to use footnotes

Using footnotes properly is the art that one needs to learn. As you become more experienced as an essay writer, you may find yourself resorting to footnotes more and more often, but it's also important to know when enough is enough. What are the footnotes used for? In some citation styles, like Chicago, they indicate the source of the quotation. However, they have a couple of other usages, and we are going to talk about those now.

Writing is a Frame of Mind – Diamonds or Stones

While I was considering the differences between writing a term paper, as opposed to buying a term paper, I heard John Denver singing in the background, “Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.”. This is a truth of the functioning of the human mind. Many factors influence which day it will be, a diamond day or a stone day, though none determine it outright.

How to make essay notes

Different people have different styles of making notes when working with sources. However, there are some universal tips on note making that can make your library hours more efficient. You should definitely make a note when you come across the following things: