Academic Scholarly Writing Lesson 2: The Topic Sentence (Lesson 2 of 4)
Learn about 2 addresses a most critical skill for all information and scholarly writing-writing the topic sentence.
Academic Scholarly Writing Lesson 2: The Topic Sentence (Lesson 2 of 4)
Learn about 2 addresses a most critical skill for all information and scholarly writing-writing the topic sentence.
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Scholarly Academic writing is a form of informational, or expository writing. Unlike writing for general audiences with fiction, poetry, or stories, expository writing follows structures that help relay information in an orderly sequence. The critical part of that structure is that paragraphs and sections begin with a topic sentence. Not having a logical presentation with topic sentences is a top reason articles submitted to journals get rejected. In this lesson, how to write a topic sentence is presented with plenty of examples.
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My classes are designed to MENTOR newer and developing college/university faculty - especially those in tenure track positions - to navigate the expectations of higher education. These include teaching classes and all aspects of scholarly academic writing. "Publish or Perish" is real in most institutions. So this school helps Academics to...
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You should have no special requirements to take this course, but having completed Lesson 1 is strongly recommended.
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What's Included
Language: English
Level: All levels
Skills: Expository Writing, Giving Presentations, Good Teaching, Recognize, Academic Writing, Teaching, Teacher Training
Age groups: All ages
Duration: 16 minutes
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