Includes index.

"Designed for high-intermediate to advanced nonnative speakers at the pre-freshman composition level, Discoveries in Academic Writing examines the process of and requirements for English academic writing in Western culture.

Nonnative speakers in academic programs often find it difficult to learn the rhetorical styles required in Western culture. Discoveries in Academic Writing examines the process of and requirements for English academic writing in Western culture.

Discoveries in Academic Writing is designed to prepare nonnative speakers to develop and organize effective English academic essays. Discoveries in Academic Writing introduces writing at the paragraph level (150-200 words) and progresses to the essay level (700-800 words). Students develop critical-thinking skills, learn the major processes of writing (especially peer review and revision skills), and practice ways to address the audience appropriately.

Each chapter contains Journal Entries (informal writing assignments), Discovery exercises (exercises that review materials previously taught), and In-Class/Out-of-Class Writing Assignments. Each chapter also contains lessons on sentence organization, addressing such topics as time-shifting, old idea-new idea, and rhetorical structures.

Discoveries in Academic Writing helps students to develop study skills and prepare for essay tests." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CHAPTER 1: English Academic Writing: The "A" Paper
Effective Academic Writing
Audience and Tone
Coherence: Point of View
Number Agreement Rules
Pronoun Use and Reference

CHAPTER 2: Critical Thinking
Critical-Thinking Skills
Academic Writing Assignments
The Process of Writing
Peer Review and Revision 1

Parallelism
Punctuation: (.) (;) (,) Run-on sentences

CHAPTER 3: Support in Expository Paragraphs
Topic sentences
Relevant and Convincing Support
Outlining Skills
Concluding Remarks Sentence Types
Fragments

CHAPTER 4: Essay Development
Managing Your Material
An Overview of Essay Development
The Introduction
The Body
The Conclusion
Review of Essay Development
Peer Review and Revision 2
Exemplification
Time-Shifting

CHAPTER 5: Chronological Development (Narration and Process) Narration
Process Description
Coherence: Old Idea-New Idea
Time Expressions and Transitions

CHAPTER 5: Comparison/Contrast Analysis
Striking Comparisons/Contrasts
Methods of Comparison/Contrast
Analogies
Time Order
Structures of Comparison
Structures of Contrast
Use of Old Ideas in Block Form

CHAPTER 7: Cause/Effect Analysis
Analysis of Cause
Identifying Logical Causes: Critical Thinking
Analysis of Effect
Structures of Cause
Structures of Effect

CHAPTER 8: Using Sources
Plagarism
Stating Acknowledgements
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Direct and Indirect Quotation

CHAPTER 9: Essay Tests
What is an Essay Test? Studying for an Essay Test Adjective Clauses
Formal Definitions
Informal Definitions

APPENDICES A: Formal Guidelines for Academic Writing Assignments
B: Correction Symbols
C: Subject-Verb Agreement
D: Peer Review Forms