Reviewing the ashford writing center resources
Reviewing the ashford writing center resources-Writing Self-Assessment
To be an effective professional you need to be an effective communicator. Your work, your learning, and your intellect will most likely be judged based upon your writing – in college, and in your future career. Thus, the goal for this assignment is help you improve your writing skills and explore the great resources available through the Ashford Writing Center.
For this forum, please complete the following steps and submit a 300 word initial post covering the following topics:
Step 1: After going to the Ashford Writing Center (see link above), decide which writing skill you want to improve, and then review the materials for that particular skill.
(i having problems with four)
Note: materials are listed under each skill.
- APA Formatting
- APA Checklist
- In-Text Citation Guide
- Formatting a Reference Page
- How to Cite Sources for Your Reference Page
- General APA Style Aid
- How to Create APA Headers and a Title Page
- Grammar
- Commonly Confused Words
- Sentence Problems
- Style Issues
- Run-ons and Comma Splices
- Fixing Fragments
- Academic Voice
- Grammarly – a free grammar check tool
- Essay/Paragraph Structure
- Essay Structure
- Writing an Essay
- How to Write a Good Paragraph
- PIE Paragraph Structure
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Thesis Statements
- Properly Using and Citing Research in your Writing
- Guidelines for Quoting
- Guidelines for Paraphrasing
- Guidelines for Summarizing
- Recognizing Plagiarism
- How to Avoid Academic Dishonesty (Plagiarism)
Step 2: After reviewing the Ashford Writing Center resources, please discuss the following in your initial post:
- Why did you pick that particular writing skill? Is it a skill you have struggled with in the past? Explain your choice.
- Which resource(s) was/were the most helpful, and why? Give 2-3 reasons.
- How do you anticipate that this particular skill can help you in this course and during your time at Ashford?
- In what ways do you anticipate mastery of the specified skill will help you as a future professional?
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