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How does writing for university courses differ in comparison to writing for high school classes?*
- High school classes emphasize exercising your creativity, whereas university level courses value a more linear and predictable paper.
- There are no differences between high school and university level writing because the fundamentals are all the same; introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusions.
- High school classes teach you how to gather and summarize information, but university level courses place more value on original thoughts and perspectives.
What goes into building a tentative outline for your paper?*
- Making sure that you understand the purpose of your paper and gathering the adequate resources to support your argument.
- Writing a rough draft of your paper which include things like introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.
- Talking to your friend to flesh out the contents of your paper.
Should you include opposing views and opinions in your paper?*
- Absolutely not! Contradicting yourself with someone else’s views will make your paper appear weaker!
- Absolutely! Acknowledging a different point of view proves that the paper has been well-researched!
- It depends. If you believe that your paper is strong enough to handle an opposing view, you can include the controversial point in there.

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