Full Description
Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students is a rhetoric designed to cover the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Anything inessential to the business of college writing has been excluded. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay and is capable of being read in a single sitting. The book is loaded with "timesaver tips," ideas for making the most of the student's time, along with occasional warnings to avoid common errors made by student writers. Each short chapter concludes with questions and suggestions designed to trigger class discussion.
The second edition has been updated throughout, with special attention to making the book even better suited to accelerated and co-requisite composition courses.
Contents
Preface for Instructors: Busy, Busy, Busy
Introduction for Students: Strategies for Succeeding as a College Writer
Part One: Ready, Set ...
Chapter 1: Academic Writing: An Overview
Chapter 2: Academic Reading
Chapter 3: Ideas into Text
Chapter 4: Arguments and Organization
Chapter 5: Researching Your Topic
Part Two: Go
Chapter 6: Introduction: Hooking Your Reader
Chapter 7: Body Paragraphs: And I Ought to Keep Reading Because?
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Wait ... Don't Stop
Part Three: Go Again
Chapter 9: Taking Another Look
Chapter 10: Handing It Over
Appendix I: Genres of Academic Writing
Appendix II: A Brief Guide to Documentation
Index
