Building Blocks of Academic Writing

Abstract

Chapter 1: Research: How do you gather background material on your topic? How can you tell a useful source from one that might lead you astray or provide inaccurate information, especially on the internet, where anyone can publish anything? And once you’ve located a trustworthy source, how do you credit it in your own bibliographical list of sources? Is citation even a big deal anymore, anyhow? Chapter 2: Many of us write haphazardly, using strategies we may have evolved as beginning learners. There is something incredibly frustrating in sitting and looking at a blank page, waiting for inspiration to strike. Prewriting: Chapter 3: Paragraph Structure. Chapter 4: Summary. Chapter 5: The Essay. Chapter 6: Creative Writing. Chapter 7: Revising Your Work. Chapter 8: Responding to Other Views...