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Students are frequently required to use academic style for their university assignments. In the same way that recipes or letters use a particular style and form of language, academic assignments usually follow a particular style. Use the tips on this page to become familiar with this language style. Be specific...
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Do you have information such as raw data or graphs that you think are too long or distracting to put into the body of your assignment? Keep reading to find out how appendices could be used to solve this problem. An appendix is a section at the end of an...
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Linking words are an important way of developing a logical flow of ideas. They act as signposts for the reader so they can follow the way the writer has organised their ideas. Develop cohesion Linking words and phrases show the relationship between different ideas. They can show contrast, comparison, a...
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The Australian preferential voting system ensures the chosen candidate reflects the choice of most voters. In this system, voters rank candidates in order of preference on their ballots, instead of picking just one (Liu, 2024). , if no candidate gets more than half of the first-choice votes, the candidate with...
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Watch a series of four videos explaining how to structure a literature review. This series of four videos is narrated by Dr. Judy Maxwell from the Study and Learning Centre. The first video outlines the overall structure of a typical literature review and then discusses the key elements of a...
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How you structure your assignment will depend on what your purpose is. On this page, we'll explore some of the reasons people give presentations and how this affects the structure of your work, and we'll finish with some useful linking phrases. What's your purpose? People give presentations for a range...
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You may not be aware of it, but we all present information in different ways at different times. Maybe you give your close friends more details when telling a story, or explain an idea more slowly and with simpler examples when talking to a child. You might even switch languages...
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The example paragraphs below demonstrate the things you need to include to write a successful legal argument. To successfully write a legal case study you need to: identify relevant legal issues apply the law to the facts structure your answer clearly and logically (use the model plan) use appropriate language...
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Modal and conditional language is important in legal argument as it allows arguments to be constructed in terms of possibility, probability and conditions. It is the difference between saying 'it is because' versus 'it could be because'. Modal verbs The conditional nature of statements in legal case studies means that...
