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Introduction
1. Paraphrasing Introduction
2. Paraphrasing Techniques
3. Paraphrasing Toolkit
4. Paraphrasing Practice
5. Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct
6. Avoiding Plagiarism
7. The Characteristics of Academic Writing
8. The Writing Process
9. Academic Reading Skills
10. Note-Taking Skills
11. In-Depth Reading
12. Summarizing
13. Techniques for Identifying Main Ideas in a Summary
14. Summary Types: Global & Selective
15. Summarizing and Generative AI
16. Reporting Verbs
17. Responding to Writing
18. Response Techniques
19. Partial Quotes
20. Combining a Summary and Response
21. Exploring the Essay
22. Creating a Research Question
23. Creating a Rough Outline
24. Writing a Thesis Statement
25. Evidence Selection
26. Writing a Detailed Outline
27. Essay Structure
28. Paragraph Structure and Development
29. Introduction to Evidence Integration
30. Steps for Integrating Evidence
31. Avoiding "Dumped Evidence"
32. Introductions
33. Conclusions
34. The Research Process
35. Choosing and Narrowing a Topic
36. Finding & Evaluating Sources
37. Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
38. Reading Academic Journal Articles
39. Documentation: Citing your Sources using APA Style
40. Citations
41. References
42. APA Review
43. Writing Argumentative Essays
44. Patterns of Organization for Argumentative Essays
45. Developing RQs and Thesis Statements for Argumentative Essays
46. Counterargument and Refutation Development
47. Logical Fallacies
48. Hedging
49. Peer Response Training
50. Academic Writing Tips
51. Cohesion and Coherence in Academic Writing
52. Transition Words for Cohesion and Coherence
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