How this book is organized Introduction to academic writing UNIT 1 Writing a Paragraph Part 1 Getting ready to write Part 2 Writing a paragraph Part 3 Writing a coherent paragraph Part 4 Editing a paragraph UNIT 2 Writing an Essay Part 1 From a paragraph to an essay Part 2 Writing an essay Part 3 Editing an essay UNIT 3 Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Citing Information Part 1 Paraphrasing and summarizing Part 2 Citing the sources of information UNIT 4 Writing a Research Essay Part 1 Developing and organizing a research essay Part 2 Supporting arguments Part 3 Editing a research essay Appendix A Capitalization rules Appendix B Conjunctions Appendix C Transitional expressions Appendix D Using information from outside sources (summary)