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Introduction
1. The Characteristics of Academic Writing
2. The Writing Process
3. Academic Reading Skills
4. Note-Taking Skills
5. In-Depth Reading
6. Paraphrasing Introduction
7. Paraphrasing Techniques
8. Paraphrasing Toolkit
9. Paraphrasing Practice
10. Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct
11. Avoiding Plagiarism
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 Basics
29. Paragraph Structure and Development
30. Introduction to Evidence Integration
31. Steps for Integrating Evidence
32. Avoiding "Dumped Evidence"
33. Introductions
34. Conclusions
35. The Research Process
36. Choosing and Narrowing a Topic
37. Finding & Evaluating Sources
38. Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
39. Reading Academic Journal Articles
40. Peer Response Training
41. Academic Writing Tips
42. Cohesion and Coherence in Academic Writing
43. Transition Words for Cohesion and Coherence
44. Writing Argumentative Essays
45. Patterns of Organization for Argumentative Essays
46. Developing RQs and Thesis Statements for Argumentative Essays
47. Counterargument and Refutation Development
48. Logical Fallacies
49. Hedging
50. Documentation: Citing your Sources using APA Style
51. Citations
52. References
53. APA Review
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