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