The Chicago Manual of Style

Reflective Essay I took WRTG 101 to complete my Community College of the Air Force degree. After attempting to take multiple English courses from different college institutions for the last two years. I find the course drawing to a close, coming a long way from the start of the course where I would rate myself a 3 out of ten. Because I never enjoyed taking any type of communication course being written or oral. Never having a real interest in the subject, procrastinating to the very last minute…

Plagiarism FAQ’s 1. What is plagiarism and why should I care about it? Plagiarism is taking the words and thoughts of others and using them as if they were your own because you fail to give credit to the other person. Plagiarism is a major form of cheating that should be avoided when you are completing assignments or posting on discussion threads. 2. How do I give credit to someone? At WCU, you are expected to credit your sources through APA guidelines. This means you’re responsible for citing…

CAPS.” When you do your page number you click on plain number under simple. The body and the header should be under the times new roman. When you do your title for all of your pages you don’t need to put “running head” with your title. In the APA style you have to always have to the year and the author last name and the page number. You could put the situations in the front and just leave the page number at the end. For your References you have it on a different page. When you do your…

The topic I chose is APA formatting. I chose this particular writing skill because this is something that I constantly struggle with. One minute I submit it right and the next minute I don’t. I have contacted the Ashford writing center several times throughout my years at Ashford and to think I would actually get it right for a change, but I still have a constant struggle with my formatting. The resources I found helpful with APA formatting is the in-text citation guide along with citing my…

Using an editorial style when writing a paper allows the reader to be able to have a precise understanding of the presentation and know where the author was able to obtain resources. Implementing the APA format in writing also helps to ensure success in academics by avoiding…

Throughout our first quarter at Midwestern University we wrote multiple papers, all of which were required to adhere to proper APA style. APA encompasses a very precise writing technique that includes strict rules for grammar, formatting, and style. Having come into this program straight from an undergraduate psychology program, I felt comfortable writing in APA style. That being said, I quickly found out I had plenty of room for improvement. This essay will describe several strengths, as…

rhetoric. My previous writing skills, combined with the additional learning methods I received through this class have developed my writing and shaped me into the writer that I am now. My experience began with knowing the basics: how to format MLA style, how to use claim data warrant, and how to construct a concise paper through the use of a strong thesis statement. I still feel confident in my ability to do these things, but now I have added a few more things to feel confident in. I now know…

Two articles from separate discourse communities were chosen to be compared for the purpose of identifying, analyzing, and reflecting upon different genre conventions. The two communities being compared are the business and writing communities represented by “Globalization, National Identity and Foreign Policy: Understanding 'Global Korea'” by Jojin V. John. John (2015) and “Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning” by Christina Haas and Linda Flower (1988) respectively.…

Plagiarists are seen not only as dishonest but also as incompetent, incapable of doing research and expressing original thoughts. When professional writers are exposed as plagiarists, they are likely to lose their jobs and are certain to suffer public embarrassment, diminished prestige, and loss of future credibility. The same is true of other professionals who write in connection with their jobs, even when they are not writing for publication. The charge of plagiarism is serious because it…

After four years of meaningless lectures and pointless assignments, high school English class has abandoned me at the gates of university with only the slightest writing skills. English Composition 1 has been an academic life saver, providing writing skills and concepts that will be of the absolute necessity for all my future endeavors. So far every essay I have written for English Composition 1 has received an acceptable score, so I think I think I have applied at least some of the literary…