Includes bibliographical references and index.

''Academic Writing: Making the Transition lays out the foundations for successful academic writing at college or university. The textbook guides readers through the academic writing process with clear description, study tasks, and analysis of authentic writing samples. Learning is consolidated with Apprendices that focus on the style, vocabulary, and grammar of academic writing. The textbook is designed so that it can be used effectively in an academic writing classroom or for self study at home. An Answer Key and Instructor's Manual can be used effectively in an academic writing classroom or for self study at home. An Answer Key and Instructor's Manual can be downloaded for free with purchases of the textbook.

CONTENTS:

Part I: From Reading to Writing

Audience, genre, and context

Active and critical reading: Why they are important

Assessing reliable sources

Reading around the text

Skimming and scanning

Annotating text

Locating different voices and opinions as you read

Reading between the lines: Inference

Analyzing style and formality

Writing summaries

Peer review of your work

Chapter 2: Thinking and Writing Critically

Understanding critical thinking

Starting your arguments

Avoiding logical fallacies

Exploring critical thinking through writing

Writing a critique

Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs

Topic sentences

Paragraph coherence

Keeping to one topic

Supporting your ideas

Concluding sentences

Chapter 4: Introductions and Conclusions

Common features of introductions

Thesis-guided writing

Different introductions in academic writing

Common features of conclusions

Different conclusions in academic writing

Chapter 5: Writing Research Essays

What is a research essay?

What is plagiarism?

Avoiding plagiarism?

Paraphrasing

Using reporting verbs and citation phrases

Part II: Writing Modes across the Disciplines

Chapter 6: Expository Writing

Expository writing: Organizing your information

Review: Writing the introduction

Review: Writing the main body paragraphs

Review: Writing the conclusion

Features of expository writing in academic journal articles

Language focus: Personal reflective languages

Language focus: The passive voice

Chapter 7:

Writing about Arguments

Gathering your ideas

Organizing your ideas into an effective outline

Adding supporting reasons, examples, and evidence

Analyzing an argument essay

Chapter 8: Writing about Comparisons

Organizing a comparative outline

Writing the introduction

Writing main body sections and paragraphs

Analyzing comparative essays

Using the language of comparison

Chapter 9: Writing about Problems and Solutions

Organizing an SPSE outline for problem-solution essays

Analyzing a problem-solution essay

Providing supporting examples and evidence

Citing online sources using MLA and APA styles

Describing problems and solutions

Chapter 10: Writing about Causes and Effects

Understanding causality

Thinking critically about causality: Avoiding generalizations

Using the language of causality in academic and professional texts

Organizing an outline for a cause-and-effect essay

Describing causal relations

Improving style: Formality and effectiveness of expression

Part III: Appendices

Appendix 1: MLA Citation Style: In-Text Citations and List of Works Cited

Appendix 2: APA Citation Style: In-Text Citations and Reference List

Appendix 3: Common Linking Words in Academic Writing

Appendix 4: Punctuation

Appendix 5: Improving Style in Academic Writing

Appendix 6: Sentence Structure 1: Independent and Dependent Clauses, and Complex and Compound

Sentences

Appendix 7: Sentence Structure 2: Relative Clauses and Participle Clauses

Appendix 8: Sentence Structure 3: Sentence Fragments and Comma Splices

Appendix 9: The Passive Voice

Appendix 10: Articles and Noun Phrases

Index