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Advance in Academic Writing is a comprehensive coursebook that prepares students for success in their college and university studies. In each chapter, students read authentic academic texts and develop key analytic skills around the texts. Advance explains in detail a range of different academic writing processes that will help students succeed.

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Author:   Steve Marshall
Publisher:   Pearson Canada, Toronto
Imprint:   Pearson Canada, Toronto
Dimensions:   Width: 29.60cm , Height: 17.00cm , Length: 44.40cm
Weight:   1.075kg
ISBN:  

9782761341509

ISBN 10:   2761341503
Pages:   9998
Publication Date:   16 June 2017
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Replaced By:   9782766157587
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 WRITING AND RESEARCH: GETTING STARTED Chapter 1 Seven Stages of the Writing Process Chapter 2 Understanding Research Chapter 3 Bringing in Others' Ideas: Reading Chapter 4 Bringing in Others' Ideas: Writing Part 2 ESSAY SECTIONS: PARAGRAPHS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS Chapter 5 Presenting Coherent Arguments Chapter 6 Paragraphs Chapter 7 Introductions in Academic Writing Chapter 8 Conclusions in Academic Writing Chapter 9 Review and Consolidation Part 3 WRITING FOR DIFFERENT ACADEMIC PURPOSES Chapter 10 Describing Processes and Statistical Data Chapter 11 Writing Arguments in Essays Chapter 12 Making Comparisons Chapter 13 Writing about Problems and Solutions Chapter 14 Writing about Causes and Effects Chapter 15 Review and Consolidation Part 4 HANDBOOK: WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES Unit 1 Tense and Aspect Unit 2 Articles, Nouns, and Noun Phrases Unit 3 Clauses and Sentences Unit 4 Relative Clauses Unit 5 Punctuation: Commas and Semicolons Unit 6 Participle Phrases Unit 7 The Passive Voice Unit 8 Punctuation: Colons and Apostrophes Unit 9 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences Unit 10 Subject-Verb Agreement Unit 11 Conditional Sentences Unit 12 Parallel Structure Unit 13 Modal Auxiliary Verbs Unit 14 Inversion for Emphasis APPENDICES Appendix 1 Linking Words in Academic Writing Appendix 2 APA Citation Style Appendix 3 MLA Citation Style Appendix 4 35 Mistakes to Avoid in Academic Writing

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