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1、1.Writeoutcontractions.(Contractionsareapartofoureverydayspeechandareappropriateininformalconversationsorwriting;however,theyshouldneverbeusedinacademicwriting.)Isnot---isn’t;arenot---aren’t;couldnot---couldn’t;wouldnot---wouldn’t;hasnot---hasn’t;havenot---haven’t;hadnot---hadn’t;donot---don’tIfind
2、oubt;writeitoutException:theoneexceptiontothisruleiswhencontractionsareusedinaquoteEx:MichaelJordansaid:“Ican’tacceptfailure,everyonefailsatsomething.ButIcan’tacceptnottrying.”2.Writetheauthor’sfullnamethefirsttime.Afterthatwritehisorherlastnameonly.Example:JohnSteinbeckwroteOfMiceandMen.Steinbecka
3、lsowrote……3.Spelloutnumbersfromonetoten.Doesnotrefertocitation.Ex:Marywenttothestoreandboughtfiveapples.Billywasproudhecouldcountto67.4.Donotusequotationsinthetopicorconclusionsentenceofyourbodyparagraphs.Yourtopicsentenceshouldintroducethesubjectofyourparagraph.Quotesshouldbeusedinyourconcretedeta
4、ilsonly.Quotesareonlyevidenceforyourtopictheyarenotinthemselvesatopic.Evenpartofquote’swordingshouldnotbeusedinyourtopicsentence.EX(wrong):Hesiodsaid:“donotleadaflatteringwomancoaxandwheedleyouanddeceiveyou;sheisafteryourbarn.”Flatteryisdeceptiveandwill“coaxandwheedle”apersonoutoftheirproperty.EX(r
5、ight):flatteryisdeceptiveandalwaysusedtowardimmoralintentions.1.Avoidusingyou,we,andIThingsnottowrite:youcansee;Ibelieve;weallfeel;youwillsoondiscoverMostoften“I”,“me”,or“you”canbeeitherdeletedorchangedandtheessenceofthesentencewillremainintact.Ex:weallfeelsympathyforthenarrator------peoplefeel;the
6、readersfeel1.WriteinpresenttensePresenttenseexpressesanunchanging,repeated,orreoccurringactionorsituationthatexistsonlynow.Itcanalsorepresentawidespreadtruth.2.Underlinethetitlesofbooks,periodicals,longpoemsandplays.Setinquotationmarkstitlesofchapters,essays,articles,shortpoems,andtitleofwebpages.E
7、x:TIME,Hamlet,“doverbeach”,“ObamawinsElection”3.Attributeallquotationstothespeakerorthenarrator.Ifsomeonewroteorsaidit;youmustgivecredittotheauthororspeakerbyputtingtheirwordsinquotationmarks.(“”)Thenyoumus
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