20.10.09

Reference Book in Academic Writing for Graduate Students

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 ...4
Academic Writing Style ...4
1. The Differences between Spoken and Written Language ...4
2. Levels of Formality ...8
UNIT 2 ...11
Paragraph Writing ...11
1. Paragraph Structure ...11
2. Unity. Coherence. Development. ...16
UNIT 3 ... 27
Essay Writing ...27
1. Organization of the Essay ...27
2. The Introductory Paragraph ...27
3. The Concluding Paragraph ...28
4. Argumentative Essay ...30
5. Argumentation Designs ...32
6. The Writing Product ...33
7. Checklist of Essay ...34
8. Sample Argumentative Essay ...35
UNIT4 ...38
Research Paper ...38
1. What Is Research? ... 38
2. Steps in Writing a Research Paper ...38
4. Paraphrase ... 41
5. Summary ...44
6. Texts for Note-Taking, Paragraphing and Summarizing ...49
7. Annotated Research Paper ...55
8. Research Paper Abstracts ...62
SUPPLEMENT ...66
Comparison of Punctuation Marks Usage in English and Ukrainian ... 66
APPENDIX ...77
MLA STYLE of DOCUMENTATION ...77
Index of MLA Style Features ...77
Basic Features of MLA Style ...79
Literature Used ... 96

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