This book provides a foundation and framework to enhance your understanding of the various processes involved in academic writing. The term, academic writing, here refers to the types of writing used in college level writing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. However, this book was not written simply to help you pass another English class or to get you through the next writing intensive course (although it will certainly do that). At some point you will be out in the real world (hopefully). Thus, the purpose of this book is to enable you to be an effective writer and thinker in all contexts including your personal and professional lives.
Table of Contents
Section I: The Process of Academic Writing Chapter 1: The Super-Secret Academic Writing Process Revealed Chapter 2: Research to Gather Data Chapter 3: Pre-Drafting Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising Chapter 5: Editing and Sharing
Section II: Some Particulars of Academic Writing Chapter 6: The Basics of Academic Writing Chapter 7: Use of Objective, Precise Language Chapter 8: Keeping it Simple Chapter 9: Reducing Bias Chapter 10: Avoiding Plagiarism
Section III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic Writing Chapter 11: First and Last Paragraphs Chapter 12: Paragraphs are our Friends Chapter 13: Transition Words and Sentences Chapter 14: Headings Chapter 15: Grammar Chapter 16: Punctuation Chapter 17: Sentence Length Chapter 18: Citations Chapter 19: The Reference List Chapter 20: Quotations Chapter 21: Quantitative Data, Tables, Figures, and Graphs
Section IV: Using Research in Academic Writing Chapter 22: The Basic Elements of Research Chapter 23: Evaluating Research Studies Chapter 24: Describing Empirical Research Chapter 25: The Annotated Bibliography and Research Proposal Chapter 26: The Literature Review
Section V: Theses, Dissertations Chapter 27: Theses and Dissertations: Secondary Research Chapter 28: Theses and Dissertations: Original Research
Table of Contents Section I: The Process of Academic Writing Chapter 1: The Super-Secret Academic Writing Process Revealed Chapter 2: Research to Gather Data Chapter 3: Pre-Drafting Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising Chapter 5: Editing and Sharing Section II: Some Particulars of Academic Writing Chapter 6: The Basics of Academic Writing Chapter 7: Use of Objective, Precise Language Chapter 8: Keeping it Simple Chapter 9: Reducing Bias Chapter 10: Avoiding Plagiarism Section III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic Writing Chapter 11: First and Last Paragraphs Chapter 12: Paragraphs are our Friends Chapter 13: Transition Words and Sentences Chapter 14: Headings Chapter 15: Grammar Chapter 16: Punctuation Chapter 17: Sentence Length Chapter 18: Citations Chapter 19: The Reference List Chapter 20: Quotations Chapter 21: Quantitative Data, Tables, Figures, and Graphs Section IV: Using Research in Academic Writing Chapter 22: The Basic Elements of Research Chapter 23: Evaluating Research Studies Chapter 24: Describing Empirical Research Chapter 25: The Annotated Bibliography and Research Proposal Chapter 26: The Literature Review Section V: Theses, Dissertations Chapter 27: Theses and Dissertations: Secondary Research Chapter 28: Theses and Dissertations: Original Research
