Part 1 WRITING AND RESEARCH: GETTING STARTED

• Chapter 1 Seven Stages of the Writing Process
• Chapter 2 Understanding Research
• Chapter 3 Bringing in Others’ Ideas: Reading
• Chapter 4 Bringing in Others’ Ideas: Writing

Part 2 ESSAY SECTIONS: PARAGRAPHS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS

• Chapter 5 Presenting Coherent Arguments
• Chapter 6 Paragraphs
• Chapter 7 Introductions in Academic Writing
• Chapter 8 Conclusions in Academic Writing
• Chapter 9 Review and Consolidation

Part 3 WRITING FOR DIFFERENT ACADEMIC PURPOSES

• Chapter 10 Describing Processes and Statistical Data
• Chapter 11 Writing Arguments in Essays
• Chapter 12 Making Comparisons
• Chapter 13 Writing about Problems and Solutions
• Chapter 14 Writing about Causes and Effects
• Chapter 15 Review and Consolidation

Part 4 HANDBOOK: WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES

• Unit 1 Tense and Aspect
• Unit 2 Articles, Nouns, and Noun Phrases
• Unit 3 Clauses and Sentences
• Unit 4 Relative Clauses
• Unit 5 Punctuation: Commas and Semicolons
• Unit 6 Participle Phrases
• Unit 7 The Passive Voice
• Unit 8 Punctuation: Colons and Apostrophes
• Unit 9 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences
• Unit 10 Subject-Verb Agreement
• Unit 11 Conditional Sentences
• Unit 12 Parallel Structure
• Unit 13 Modal Auxiliary Verbs
• Unit 14 Inversion for Emphasis

APPENDICES

• Appendix 1 Linking Words in Academic Writing
• Appendix 2 APA Citation Style
• Appendix 3 MLA Citation Style
• Appendix 4 35 Mistakes to Avoid in Academic Writing