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UJ Library - Honours Reasearch PathFinder: Unit 4: Essentials of Academic Writing_UJ WRITING CENTRE

This module provides essential skills for your honours research project, covering research basics, AI tools, smart reading strategies and effective writing techniques to enhance your research experience.

The role of the Writing Centre

To empower students to become better writers through non-judgmental, student-centered, academic discipline-specific and peer-review-based advising. Below are some academic writing aspects that the Writing Centre can help you with.  Please see more information here

 

Paragraphing and Sentencing

Coherence and Cohesion

Cohesion and coherence are important aspects of the structure of academic writing as they have an influence on the readability and logical flow of the argument of a text. Cohesion refers to the logical flow and connection in a written text. This can be achieved by using cohesive devices to link sentences together so that there is a logical flow between ideas. Coherence refers to the unity or togetherness of the text as a whole. It can be achieved through the effective grouping and arrangement of ideas in a logical order.

Writing a topic sentence