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Description

Academic Writing is the second book of the two-volume Style series, designed for English language learners from high-beginner to high-intermediate levels. This volume specifically targets students who have experience writing coherent sentences and are ready to move on to the more advanced task of organizing material into paragraphs.

Whether preparing for academic work or personal goals, this book helps students effectively overcome “writer’s block.” Many student writers feel woefully unprepared when confronted with tasks such as writing an essay, a book report, or a term paper. Academic Writing prepares them to undertake these challenges with confidence by first introducing the paragraph as the basic writing unit, exploring commonly encountered rhetorical patterns, and finally progressing to full essay writing.

Features

◆ Rhetorically based readings that exemplify organizational principles for the specific paragraph types being studied.

◆ Vocabulary-building exercises that help students develop and employ the lexicon necessary to construct effective paragraphs.

◆ Guidelines for writing topic sentences and supporting details, expressing ideas in a logical sequence, and organizing material for specific rhetorical purposes (e.g., comparison and contrast or process explanation).

◆ Helpful guidance on paragraph mechanics, including how to begin, conclude, and create seamless links between paragraphs.

◆ Abundant models that demonstrate the key organizational principles under discussion.

◆ Extensive writing practice allowing students to incorporate rhetorical patterns from the readings and models into their own writing.

◆ A Language Toolbox section at the end of each unit, providing further practice to master a variety of advanced writing tasks.