- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter 1-Introduction
- 1.1 What Do We Need the Most?
- 1.2 How Best to Use This Book
- 1.3 Exercises
- Chapter 2- Review of Basic Writing Skills
- 2.1 Grammar Usage
- 2.1.1 Subjects and Nouns and Their Verbs
- 2.1.2 Article Adjectives
- 2.1.3 Prepositions
- 2.1.4 Conjunctions and Connectives
- 2.1.5 Noun and Verb Modifiers
- 2.1.5.1 Adjectives
- 2.1.5.2 Adverbs
- 2.2 Punctuation
- 2.2.1 The Comma (,) and Semicolon (
- 2.2.2 The colon (:)
- 2.2.3 The Exclamation Mark (!)
- 2.2.4 The Question Mark (?)
- 2.2.5 Quotation Marks (“;…”)
- 2.2.6 The Dash (-)
- 2.3 Capitalization
- 2.4 Word Selection and Usage
- 2.5 Exercises
- 2.6 References (English Writing Texts and Workbooks)
- Chapter 3 - Sentences
- 3.1 Basic Sentence Structure
- 3.1.1 Sentence Building
- 3.1.2 Sentence Qualities
- 3.1.2.1 Conciseness
- 3.1.2.2 Content Emphasis
- 3.1.2.3 Balance
- 3.1.2.4 Parallelism
- 3.1.2.5 Clarity 3.1.3 Tense Changes
- 3.2 Exercises
- 3.3 References
- Chapter 4- Paragraphs
- 4.1 Properties of Paragraphs
- 4.1.1 Unity
- 4.1.2 Conciseness
- 4.1.3 Organization
- 4.2 Composition Styles
- 4.2.1 Narrative
- 4.2.2 Expository
- 4.2.3 Argumentation
- 4.2.4 Descriptive
- 4.3 Methods of Development
- 4.3.1 Development by Time (Chronology)
- 4.3.2 Development by Space
- 4.3.3 Development by Process
- 4.3.4 Development by Comparison and Contrast
- 4.4 Exercises
- 4.5 References
- Chapter 5 - The Technical Research Paper
- 5.1 Writing Styles for Technical Subjects
- 5.2 Methods for Presenting Data
- 5.2.1 Photographs
- 5.2.2 Drawings (Graphs, Maps, Diagrams)
- 5.2.3 Tables
- 5.2.4 Equations
- 5.3 Exercises
- 5.4 References
- Chapter 6 - Section Development
- 6.1 Development Scheme
- 6.2 Introduction and Previous Work
- 6.3 Field and Experimental Methods
- 6.4 Data Analysis
- 6.5 Results
- 6.6 Discussion
- 6.7 Conclusions
- 6.8 Credits to Others
- 6.8.1 Acknowledgements
- 6.8.2 References
- 6.8.2.1 Professionalism
- 6.8.2.2 Reference Styles
- 6.9 Abstract (Including Title and Authorship)
- 6.9.1 Title and Authorship
- 6.9.2 Abstract Content
- 6.10 Exercises
- 6.11 References
- Chapter 7 - Special Precautions
- 7.1 Timing
- 7.1.1 Prior Work
- 7.1.2 Promptness in Publication 7.1.3. Peer Review and Revision
- 7.1.4 Continued Research and Publication
- 7.2 Professional Ethics
- 7.3 The Reply and Rebuttal
- 7.4 Conference Presentation
- 7.5 Exercises
- 7.6 References
- Chapter 8 - Publication
- 8.1 Selection of the Publication Outlet
- 8.1.1 Length
- 8.1.2 Technical Level