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 19
Part One Choosing a Title 19
Part Two Tables and Figures 27
Part Three Cause and Effect 37
Chapter Three Data Collection and Evaluation 45
Part One Data Collection and Evaluation 45
Part Two Developing an Outline 59
Part Three Comparison and Contrast 67
Chapter Four Writing Style 75
Part One Citation vs.Plagiarism 75
Part Two References 82
Part Three Language Style 94
Chapter Five Paper Writing 101
Part One Paper Writing 101
Part Two Cohesion and Coherence 130
Part Three Argumentation 138
Chapter Six Abstract 149
Part One Rounding Out the Paper 149
Part Two Description 158
Part Three Abstract Writing 166
Chapter Seven Research Proposal 183
Part One Research Proposal Writing 183
Part Two Common Problems in Academic Writing 192
Part Three The Publication of Papers 196
Appendix 1 Sample Paper of Liberal Arts 199
Appendix 2 Sample Paper of Science 211
Appendix 3 Sample Scientific Paper 217
Appendix 4 Common Style Guides 221
Appendix 5 APA References 223
Appendix 6 MLA Documentation Guide 227
Appendix 7 Chicago Documentation Style 231
Key to Exercises 235
References 257