Part Ⅰ Basics of Academic WritingUnit 1 Preliminaries of Academic Writing1.1 Definition of Academic Writing1.2 Audience and Purpose1.3 Genre1.4 Discourse Pattern1.5 Writing style and writer's voiceUnit 2 Definition2.1 Objectives2.2 Sentence Definition2.3 Language Focus2.4 Extended Definition2.5 Discourse Pattern of Extended Definition2.6 Contrastive Definitions2.7 Definition EssayUnit 3 Classification3.1 Objectives3.2 Making Classification3.3 Approaches to More Complicated Classification3.4 Common Structure and Lexical Signals for Classification3.5 Discourse Pattern of Classification Paragraph3.6 Classification EssayUnit 4 Process Writing4. 1 Objectives4.2 Key Features of Process Paragraphs4.3 Transitions: Organizers of Steps4.4 Plan a Process Essay4.5 Process EssayUnit 5 Comparison and Contrast5.1 Objectives5.2 Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs5.3 Strategies to Identify Similarities and Differences5.4 Organizational Pattern of Comparison/Contrast Essays5.5 Transitions5.6 Comparison/Contrast EssayUnit 6 Cause and Effect6.1 Objectives6.2 Cause-and-effect Paragraph6.3 Cause-and-effect Essay6.4 Language Focus: Signal Words of Cause and EffectUnit 7 Arguing a Point7. 1 Objectives7.2 Argumentative Paragraph7.3 Argumentative Essay7.4 Language Focus--Words and Sentences Used in Argumentation
Part Ⅱ Developing a Term PaperUnit 8 Introduction8.1 Objectives8.2 Structure of the Introduction Section8.3 Language Features in the Introduction SectionUnit 9 Method9. 1 Objectives9.2 Structure of the Methods Section9.3 Structure Difference in Relation to the Methods of Research9.4 Language FeaturesUnit 10 Results10.1 Objectives10.2 Structure of the Results Section10.3 Commentary in the Results Section10.4 Language FeaturesUnit 11 The Closing Section1 1. 1 Objectives11.2 Structure of the Closing Section11.3 The Closing Section in Different Forms1 1.4 Language FeaturesUnit 12 Abstract12.1 Objectives12.2 Structure of the Abstract12.3 Language Features12.4 Abstracting Your Term Paper
Part Ⅲ Applying for Further StudyUnit 13 Personal Statement13.1 Objectives13.2 Getting Started13.3 Structure of Personal Statement13.4 Write the Introduction13.5 Write Body Paragraphs13.6 Write the ConclusionUnit 14 Curriculum Vitae14.1 Objectives14.2 What to Include in a CV?14.3 Organization Pattern of CV14.4 Heading14.5 Body Section14.6 Language Features of CV Writing14.7 Presentation of CV
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