THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ACADEMIC WRITING
by Martin Paterson, D.Phil., M.A.
CONTENTS
Principles
The Writing Process - From First Draft to Final Draft
The Written and the Spoken
The Audience's Expectations
The Nursery, the Novelistic, the Journalistic and the Academic
The Sentence
Dismantling the Ineffective
Redundancy
What is a Sentence and What is Worth a Sentence?
The Structure of a Typical Academic Sentence
Redundancy Reduction Techniques
Redundancy Reduction Exercises
Paragraphing and Coherence
What is a (Good) Paragraph?
Cultural Differences in Paragraph Structure
Written and Spoken Argumentation
Topic Sentences and the Drafting Process
Exercises in Paragraph Coherence
Larger Structures
Headings
Introductions
Refinements of Style
Emphasis
Emphasis and Argumentation
Momentum
Semantic Markers
The Use of Semantic Markers to Increase Clarity
Exercises in Semantic Marking
Semantic Inflation
Incorporating the Work of Others
Some Typological Guidelines for Quoting
Exercises in Quotation
Paraphrasing Techniques
Exercises in Paraphrase
Introducing the Work of Others
Verbs to Introduce Quotations, Paraphrases and Summaries
Conclusion
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© 2004 Martin Paterson