Kategorier: Alle - types - headings - formatting - structure

af Vanessa Espinosa 4 år siden

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Formatting your essay/report

Academic writing often requires adherence to specific formatting and capitalisation styles. These styles can range from maximal, where the first letter of every important word is capitalised, to minimal, where only the first word and any other word that would normally take a capital are capitalised.

Formatting your essay/report

Formatting your essay/report

CAPITALISATION STYLES

MINIMAL
Capitalise the first word,

Any other word that would normally take a capital

And the first word after a colon.

MAXIMAL
The first letter of every important word should be capitalised.

The first word after a colon is always capitalised.

WORD COUNT

A limit of 10% above or below the stated word count is often acceptable, but always check this with your unit coordinator
EXCLUDE

Appendices

Reference list

Abstract

Headers

Title page

INCLUDE

In-text references

Footnotes

The full text of the assignments

GUIDELINES FOR HEADINGS

Only when allowed or required
Makes the organisation more manageable

Use minimal or maximal capitalisation

Left justify your headings unless asked to do differently.

Decide on a hierarchy of headings and use it consistently throughout your work.

BASIC STRUCTURE

Appendices: Go after the reference list (They must be numbered)
Number the pages - Pagination
Font plain serif size 12 or 14
Paragraphs doble space and 1 point line between them
Margin of 2-3 cm
Title page without any decorations

TYPES

Modern
No identation
Shorter paragraphs and line spaces between paragraphs
Sans serif font
Classic
Paragraph identations
Longer paragraphs and no space between them
Serif typeface