1 The Nature of Academic Writing 1.1 Values of Academic Writing 1.2 Thesis Statement of Academic Writing 1.3 Common Features of Academic Writing 2 The Writing Process 2.1 Understanding the Task 2.2 Gathering Data 2.3 Invention 2.4 Drafting 2.5 Revision 2.6 Editing 3 Linguistic Features of Academic Writing 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Linguistic Features of Academic Writing 4 Academic Writing Style, Grammar, and Layout 4.1 Academic Writing Style 4.2 Grammar 4.3 Layout 5 Critique and Synthesis Skills in Academic Writing 5.1 Critical Reading 5.2 What Is a Synthesis? 5.3 Writing of Explanatory Synthesis 5.4 Writing of Argument Synthesis 6 Visual Skills in Academic Writing 6.1 Purpose of Using Visual Presentations 6.2 General Guidelines for Using Visual Presentations 6.3 Conclusion 7 Content in Academic Writing 7.1 Role of Genre Knowledge 7.2 Discourse Content Unit Options for Each Dissertation Chapter 7.3 Strategies for Writing of Each Chapter 7.4 Suggestions on Selection of Content for Each Dissertation Chapter 8 Argument in Academic Writing 8.1 Academic Writing Argument 8.2 Different Argument Structures of Academic Article Chapters 9 Composing methods for academic writing 9.1 Thesis Introduction 9.2 Literature Review 9.3 Methodology 9.4 Results 9.5 Discussion of Results 9.6 Abstract References
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