Tham khảo tài liệu 'writings grammar usage and style phần 8', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 144 CliffsQuickReview Writing Grammar Usage and style If you want to use quotations write them down accurately. Remember that you ll need to footnote tiny facts ideas or quotations you borrow from other sources so be sure to include bibliographical information in your notes. Some of what you write down will probably never appear in your essay. Your notes might even include questions that occur to you as you read possibilities you want to explore warnings to yourself or reminders to check further on certain points. This stage of preparing a paper is not only to ensure that you have examples and evidence but also to help you think in more detail about your topic and thesis. Brainstorming taking notes and outlining Begin the process by trying freewriting on the computer. You can get ideas down quickly and legibly and save them as a brainstorming file later you can import parts of this file into your first draft. Take notes on the computer too being sure to include the information you ll need to cite references. Word-processing programs can format and place footnotes when you re at the point of preparing your final draft but of course you are responsible for accurately recording the sources of your information. If your writing project requires a bibliography start a list of your references. Later you can easily add to and rearrange the list. Most programs have a feature that allows you to create a formal outline according to a style you choose such as roman numerals for headings alpha characters for first-level subheadings and so on. If you go back into your outline to add a heading or subheading the program will automatically update your outline designations. Changing an outline on your computer is so simple that you can experiment with different organizational plans. Using the computer for research With a computer you can gain access to thousands of documents and databases some in portable form on CD-ROMs disks that store large amounts of information and some .
