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Specific to Humanities

Elements of Writing

  • Counter-arguments
  • Eight ways of using a source
  • Hooking your reader
  • Integrating quotations
  • Matrix method for literature reviews
  • Motivating moves
  • Paragraphs; see also introduction, body, conclusion, research
  • Stitching words
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