Fatimah Al-Quraishi

Revising, Editing and Proofreading  After completing the rough draft, you face three important task: Revising means altering, amending, and improving the entire work. The following questions can help you notice passages in your work that needs revision:  Does the thesis statement cover everything in the paper? Have you effectively introduced and concluded your topic? Are the photographs developed and arranged in a coherent sequence? Does any section repeat or contradict sections? Are all borrowed information documented adequately? Does the entire paper read smoothly, with transitions but carry the reader from one idea to the next? Does the paper address the appropriate audience?   Editing means preparing the draft for final writing by checking your style, word choice, and the grammar. Read through your revised draft at least once more paying attention to every detail. Evaluate every sentence and paragraph once again for clarity and cohere...

The Footnote System A. Purpose of Footnotes: 1.     They may make it legal to publish word from another writer. 2.     They carry out an old tradition of honor among scholars. 3.     They enable a reader in dependently to consult sources of information. 4.     They furnish adults call in full information regarding sources.    It is worth mentioning that footnotes should not be used when they are not needed.   B. When to use a Footnote: 1.     It is needed to give the sources of any fact that is very little known 2.     It is used when you express a theory or opinion drift from another writer. 3.     Any plan or organisation of material (an arrangement of statistics) should be belong to do a source. 4.     It is occasionally used to refer the reader to sources which give more detail on a speci...

Fundamentals of the Paper 1.     Organisation: The paper should be divided into major that are well organised and that have a smooth and clear transition from one to another. The actual number of major on support topics depend on the paper pieces but it usually falls and its very main divisions introduction main body and conclusion. 2.     Support:  The key to go support is to make it very, very detailed. If you want to make a point you must to illustrate it. The key to go support is to illustrate your important ideas with examples statistics or statements by authorities. 3.    Unity:  It means that all material and paper is to pertinent to the thesis statement. There should not be any insight or digressions to this attractive from your main point. The best place to check for you the as the detailed outline you use for writing your first draft. 4.     Coherence:   A coherent paper is one ...

  Style and Strategies of Writing Research Papers 2 An academy paper as a formal piece of writing which required the use of formal wording. It should be presented in a style that is creative, clear, concise, and objective. Although the phraseology should be diagnosed and straightforward, it need not be dull or pedantic. Even the most profound ideas can best be explained in simple language and short coherent sentences. Research report should describe and explain, rather than try to convince or move to action.    In the interest of objectivity, the person pronounces ( I, we, you my, our, and us ) should not be used. These personal pronouns can be avoided by the use of such expressions as ( the investigator ) or ( the researcher ) ( i.e. the third person pronouns he, she, it, and they ) instead of saying ( I selected ten students from each class ), the passive voice construction with be preferable ( ten students are selected from each class ). Al...

Style and Strategies of Writing Research Papers  Strategies of writing the body of a paper differ from writer to writer. In general, quality research writing develops in 3 Steps: 1.     Using both are writing paradigms and an outline is necessary to keep order because they locate main issues and subtopics. 2.     Follow Stylistic conventions with regard to technical matters and documentation gives a professional touch to your paper. Accuracy with documentation signals to the reader that you have reached their subject and given proper credit to other scholars. 3.     Revising and re-reading the first draft carefully are important for clarity and accuracy. These steps illustrated in the following stages: Prewriting:  In this is stage you choose a topic, narrow it, and move toward taking a stand- your thesis. You also gather information for support father prepare a working outline. Writing: Using your working outlin...

  Reference Material 1.     Bibliography: Any source you cited and the reports should be listed in their references (bibliography) at the end of the report. The bibliography is primarily an alphabetical list of books and other printed or manuscript materials-  not a record of what is in them. Each bibliography entry should answer three questions: (1) Who wrote it? (the author)  (2) What is the title? (3) What are the facts of publication?    In preparing a good bibliography, the following guidelines are useful: 1.     References are arranged in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author which is listed first. 2.     Each entry is placed flush with the left margin of the page, and subsequent lines are single-spaced and indented five spaces. A double-space separate entries. 3.     If no author name is given, the name of the publication or the sponsoring org...