Chapter One Introduction 1
Part One Introduction to Academic Writing 1
Part Two Procedures of Academic Writing 9
Part Three Definition Writing 10
Chapter Two Research Topic 18
Part One Choosing a Title 18
Part Two Tables and Figures 25
Part Three Cause and Effect 35
Chapter Three Data Collection and Evaluation 42
Part One Data Collection and Evaluation 42
Part Two Developing an Outline 54
Part Three Comparison and Contrast 62
Chapter Four Writing Style 70
Part One Citation vs. Plagiarism 70
Part Two References 76
Part Three Language Style 88
Chapter Five Paper Writing 94
Part One Paper Writing 94
Part Two Cohesion and Coherence 121
Part Three Argumentation 129
Chapter Six Abstract 139
Part One Abstract Writing 139
Part Two Description 153
Part Three Rounding out the Paper 160
Appendix 1 Sample Paper of Arts 170
Appendix 2 Sample Paper of Science 191
Appendix 3 Sample Scientific Paper 198
Appendix 4 Common Style Guides 213
Key to Exercises 214
References 235