Much has changed since the first edition of Lisa Ede’s Work in Progress; students need more rigorous help working with sources, creating effective arguments, and addressing the greater demands of academic writing in a digital age. Refocused on the kinds of academic writing students do now, The Academic Writer is a radical revision of Work in Progress. Written in Lisa Ede’s accessible, supportive style, The Academic Writer gives students easy-to-use guidelines to make effective choices at each stage of the writing process.
The Second Edition is enhanced by a new appendix on literature review, new feature boxes, and new chapter summaries.
This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).
The book, used both in community colleges and 4-year schools, emphasizes the rhetorical situation and thinking/reading/composing rhetorically.
Academic Writer & I-Cite
Author Patricia Goodson designed this book for anyone in an academic setting who must write to survive, from new graduate students to senior faculty.
Thomas, R. Murray, and Dale L. Brubaker. 2007. Theses and Dissertations: A Guide to Planning, Research, and Writing. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. Turabian, Kate L., Wayne Booth, Gregory C. Columb, and Joseph M. Williams. 2007.
Berger’s slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics.
The Academic Writer & Documenting Sources in MLA Style 2009 Update
For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions or eager to write for a larger audience, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books enjoyable to read—and to write.
A focus on source-based writing with an emphasis on avoiding plagiarism. The book gives you clear instructions for properly locating and evaluating sources, as well as summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting the work of others.