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Academic Integrity
Dissertation Proposals
Literature Reviews
Managing Graduate Writing Projects
Oral Presentations
Overview of UWC Services for Graduate Students
Research Posters
Writing Clearly, Correctly, and Concisely

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Words of Wisdom

Don't get it right, just get it written.

— James Thurber

This workshop begins by defining abstracts and their function in academic writing. We distinguish between informative and descriptive abstracts and show samples of each type. After we consider the writing process best used for writing abstracts, we conclude with a discussion of sample abstracts.

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