Part I. Developing your academic voice |
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Chapter 1 The art of academic writing |
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A The social context of writing |
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1 Public and private writing |
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B Writing for the academic discourse community |
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1 Formal and informal language in writing |
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3 The art of writing: Developing an academic voice |
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Chapter 2 The architecture of academic writing |
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A Examining expository writing contexts |
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1 The architecture of the expository essay |
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2 Expository thesis statements |
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3 Body paragraphs and evidence |
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B Understanding an essay assignment |
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1 Analyzing the instructions |
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2 Writing: Following the instructions for a writing assignment |
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C Expanding language: Avoiding sentence fragments |
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1 Sentence fragments: Subordinate phrases |
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Chapter 3 AWARE: A framework for thesis-driven writing |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write |
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1 Sentence fragments - subordinate clauses |
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2 Recognizing and correcting adverbial and noun clause fragments |
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D Summary of The AWARE Approach |
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Chapter 4 Description and narrative in thesis-driven writing |
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A Examining description in thesis-driven writing |
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1 Description: Illustration vs. explanation |
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2 Precise language in description |
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B AWARE: Writing a description to support a thesis |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write a description |
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2 AWARE: Writing the description |
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3 AWARE: Assessing a description to support a thesis |
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4 AWARE: Revising a description |
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D Examining narrative to support a thesis statement |
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1 The building blocks of narrative |
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E AWARE: Writing a narrative to support a thesis |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write a narrative |
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2 AWARE: Writing a narrative |
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3 AWARE: Assessing a narrative |
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4 AWARE: Revising a narrative |
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5 AWARE: Editing introductory words, phrases, clauses |
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Chapter 5 The body of the essay |
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A The architecture of body paragraphs |
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1 The building blocks of an essay: Body paragraphs |
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B AWARE: Writing the body of an enumeration essay |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write |
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Chapter 6 Compare/contrast and cause/effect |
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1 Examining compare/contrast |
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2 Compare/contrast thesis statements |
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3 The architecture of a compare/contrast essay |
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B AWARE writing: Compare/contrast essay |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write |
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C Expanding language: Comma splices |
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1 Examining cause and effect |
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2 The architecture of cause and effect |
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E AWARE writing: Cause and effect |
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1 Arranging to write: Cause and effect |
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2 AWARE writing: Cause and effect |
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Chapter 7 Introductions and conclusions |
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1 Examining the introduction |
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2 Strategies for writing the introduction |
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B AWARE: Writing the introduction to a compare/contrast essay |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write the introduction |
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2 AWARE: Writing the introduction |
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3 AWARE: Assessing the introduction |
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4 AWARE: Revising the introduction |
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5 AWARE: Editing the introduction |
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1 Examining the conclusion |
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2 Strategies for writing conclusions |
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D AWARE: Writing the conclusion |
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1 AWARE: Arranging to write the conclusion |
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2 AWARE: Writing the conclusion to a compare/contrast essay |
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3 AWARE: Assessing the conclusion |
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4 AWARE: Revising the conclusion |
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E Putting it together: Revising and editing a full essay |
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1 AWARE: Revising the full essay |
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2 AWARE: Editing the full essay |
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F AWARE independent writing assignments - enumeration essay and cause/effect essay |
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1 The architecture of the essays |
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Part II. Presenting the views of others |
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Chapter 8 Research to support a thesis |
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A Examining academic research |
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4 Primary and secondary data sources |
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B Examining and avoiding plagiarism |
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Chapter 9 Conducting research for a case study |
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A Examining the case study |
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1 Defining the case study assignment |
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2 The building blocks of the case study |
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3 Conducting research for a case study |
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B AWARE: Writing a case study |
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1 Arranging to write a case study |
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Chapter 10 Writing the case study |
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1 From research question to thesis statement |
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2 Presenting case study research |
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3 Citing sources in the case study - APA |
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4 Writing the introduction to a case study |
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5 Writing the conclusion for the case study |
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B AWARE: Writing the case study document |
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1 AWARE Arranging to write |
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2 AWARE: Writing the draft of the case study |
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Chapter 11 Conducting research for an academic paper |
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A Examining the research paper |
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2 Understanding the assignment |
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3 Examining the new working thesis |
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4 Developing a new working thesis |
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5 Formatting the research paper |
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B Examining published sources: A review of the literature |
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1 Disciplinary literacy - academic genres |
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2 Strategies for finding sources |
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4 Strategies for choosing reliable and relevant secondary sources |
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C Reading and documenting selected sources |
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1 Strategies for reading secondary sources |
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2 Evaluating the relevance of selected sources |
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3 Documenting selected sources |
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D Taking notes while reading |
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2 Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing |
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E Organizing sources for inclusion in the paper |
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1 Strategies for organizing sources according to themes |
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2 Organizing new information for inclusion in the research paper |
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3 Reevaluating the strength and relevance of the new information |
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Chapter 12 Writing the research paper |
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A Examining the thesis statement |
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1 From working thesis to thesis statement |
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B AWARE: Arranging to write the thesis statement and outline |
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C Examining the body paragraphs of a research paper |
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1 Synthesizing sources for body paragraphs |
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2 A blueprint for incorporating synthesis into a research paper |
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D AWARE: Arranging to write body paragraphs |
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E AWARE: Writing the body paragraphs |
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F Examining introductions to research papers |
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1 Strategies for writing effective introductions to a research paper |
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G AWARE: Arranging to write an introduction |
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H AWARE: Writing an introduction |
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I Examining conclusions to research papers |
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1 Strategies for writing effective conclusions to research papers |
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J AWARE: Arranging to write a conclusion |
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K AWARE: Writing a conclusion to a research paper |
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L AWARE: Assessing the research paper |
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Checklist for revising and editing |
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References |
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Index |
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