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What Different About College Writing - Coggle Diagram
What Different About College Writing
Define Academic Writing
Knowing what your professor wants in your writing and making sure you understand what you are writing about
Knowing the different types of writing you will have to do and being able to adjust your writing to fit that need
Differences Between college and high school
College instructor are more likely to assign writing, respond into detail about your paper, and to ask questions that can't be answered in a 5 paragraph paper.
Most teachers in college won't except paper unless they are in MLA format.
In high school students just write essay in English class and get very little feedback from teachers.
Professor in college teached what they are skilled in while in high school teachers can each many different subjects.
Different type of college papers assigned
Synthesize: Brings more than two ideas together
Analyze: explaining in details
Classify: Identify shared characteristics
Summarize:Putting it in your own word
Define: To Describe
Argue: To state something and to have facts to back up
Compare/Contrast: Similar and different
What instructors expects from student writing
MLA Style
Ask Questions
Participation
Looking for key words:what, why, and how
Understanding the assignments