The Essentials of Academic Writing

by Derek Soles

THE ESSENTIALS OF ACADEMIC WRITING, 2nd Edition, offers a complete overview of the process of writing academic essays for college courses. This text covers the writing process, including concise, nuts-and-bolts coverage of researching, planning, drafting, documenting, revising, and proofreading academic papers. A sample student essay serves as a case study throughout the text, illustrating each step of the writing process. An anthology of 13 academic essays, covering a variety of disciplines and topics, provides good models for student writing. This affordable and accessible text is a valuable rhetoric for freshman composition and is an important reference guide to students in all college disciplines.

437 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2004

Reviews

[Alex Reborn]

Great reference book for academic writing in different disciplines. It touches each step of the writing process and it provides numerous examples.