academic writing for graduate students

Introduction to the Third Edition vii UNIT ONE: An Approach to Academic Writing 1 Audience 4 Purpose and Strategy 6 Organization 8 Style 14 Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift—Verbs 17 Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift—Nouns and 20 Other Parts of Speech Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features 22 Flow 30 Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases 37 Presentation 48 Positioning 53 UNIT TWO: General-Specific and Specific-General Texts 55 Opening with General Statements 61 Opening with Statistics 64 Opening with Definitions 65 Writing a Definition 65 Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing 67 Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming 68 A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions 71 Extended Definitions 74 Variations in Definitions 84 Discussions of Schools of Thought 89 Specific-to-General Organization 92 UNIT THREE: Problem, Process, and Solution 100 The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts 101 Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs 105 Procedures and Processes 108 Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect 115 Language Focus: Passive Voice 119 Flow of Ideas in a Process Description...