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