GC UNV103 Week 5 College Level Writing Worksheet Assignment

GC UNV103 Week 5 College Level Writing Worksheet Assignment

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Collegiate-Level Writing Worksheet

Assignment Background:

The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand some of the academic writing expectations in higher education. Included is a comprehensive list of writing “Rules” you will want to adhere to during your academic career as well as ways to overcome common errors in college-level writing.

Assignment Instructions:

Before completing this assignment, please reference the Developing Academic Skills Guide and the Academic Writing Guidelines Resource located under Resources. After reviewing these resources and the accompanying links, complete the sections below.

Section 1: Rules of Academic Writing

Place the correct “Rule” with the correct description of that “Rule”.

"Rules"

1

Contractions

6

1st Lines of Paragraphs indent 0.5”

11

Spell Check

2

Writing in 3rd person

7

Conciseness

12

Margins

3

Times New Roman 12pt Font

8

Run-on Sentences

13

Text/Slang language

4

Double Space

9

Fragmented Sentences

14

Capitalization

5

Align Left

10

Idioms

15

Essay Formatting

Description

Microsoft Word has a sophisticated "checker" to identify most spelling, grammar, & consistency errors. Remove all before submission.

An extra line between sentences accomplished by using the “Line and Paragraphing Spacing” option in Microsoft Word & selecting 2.0 Spacing

The TAB key often makes a perfect 0.5 inch indentation by default.

All four sides of each page in your document must default to 1.0” for the top, bottom, left, and right sides.

Separates creative writing from formal academic writing including APA, MLA, & GCU Style. Strict adherence is required.

Clichés, or slang, or figurative language should be avoided. Instead, write out or use the definition instead of the cliché.

Avoid the shortened forms of one or two words combined. Spell out both words.

Be sure to use this appropriately for the first word in every sentence, proper nouns, and Netiquette.

LOL is an example of a term that should not be used in academic writing.

Most common standardized lettering and size in college level writing.

Microsoft Word will underline these errors with a green line. Rewrite the sentence until the green line disappears.

Paragraphs should be aligned to the left at the zero or null point on the Microsoft Word ruler.

Avoid extraordinarily long sentences. The word "and" can often be a place to split up a Run-on.

Avoid wordiness by deleting needless words andusing Microsoft Word thesaurus for word ideas, synonyms, and antonyms.

One would, A person could, They should, She, He, It.

Section 2: Spelling & Grammar Checker

Microsoft Office Word offers a very sophisticated Spelling & Grammar Checker to help you identify errors in spelling, grammar, and format consistency. Identify what each underline color (Blue, Red, &Green) is used for:

Spelling

Grammar

Format Consistency

Remember: Microsoft Word will not catch every error. Some green grammar lines are due to Word misinterpreting the sentence. Some red spelling lines are due to correct words not being in its dictionary. However, Microsoft Word will identify areas of concern. It is best that you consider rewording, rephrasing, and removing all of the errors identified withthese colored underlines before final submission.

Section 3:Writing Voice

Label these sentences written in 1st Person, 2nd Person, or 3rd Person

Grand Canyon University prepares people for the academic rigor they will face in their first class.

Grand Canyon University prepares me for the academic rigor I will face in my first class

Grand Canyon University prepares you for the academic rigor you will face in your first class

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