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Scholarly Writing Basics
Formatting
- Use the APA course paper template to help with your formatting
- Trouble with Microsoft Word? See the Academic Skills Center's resources here
Scholarly Tone
- Be mindful of your point of view in scholarly writing
- Avoid bias in your discussion posts and papers
Organization and Cohesion
- Include an introduction and conclusion for each paper
- Try outlining to help organize the flow of ideas in your papers
- Strengthen your paragraphs by using topic sentences and the MEAL plan
- Incorporate evidence seamlessly in your papers by introducing, integrating, and explaining it