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Writing Skills

Brush up on your grammar and punctuation skills to polish your final drafts.

Organization

Academic writing has a formal structure.  This aids the reader in anticipating the flow of information and helps with the communication process.  

Browse the links below for organizational structure of college research assignments.  The guidelines and examples given here do not offer a comprehensive analysis of all types of writing assignments, rather a quick overview of some of the more common components of a good organizational structure.