How this book is organized
Introduction to academic writing
UNIT 1 Writing a Paragraph
Part 1 Getting ready to write
Part 2 Writing a paragraph
Part 3 Writing a coherent paragraph
Part 4 Editing a paragraph
UNIT 2 Writing an Essay
Part 1 From a paragraph to an essay
Part 2 Writing an essay
Part 3 Editing an essay
UNIT 3 Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Citing Information
Part 1 Paraphrasing and summarizing
Part 2 Citing the sources of information
UNIT 4 Writing a Research Essay
Part 1 Developing and organizing a research essay
Part 2 Supporting arguments
Part 3 Editing a research essay
Appendix A Capitalization rules
Appendix B Conjunctions
Appendix C Transitional expressions
Appendix D Using information from outside sources (summary)