Table of Contents Section I: The Process of Academic Writing Chapter 1: The Super-Secret Academic Writing Process Revealed Chapter 2: Research to Gather Data Chapter 3: Pre-Drafting Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising Chapter 5: Editing and Sharing Section II: Some Particulars of Academic Writing Chapter 6: The Basics of Academic Writing Chapter 7: Use of Objective, Precise Language Chapter 8: Keeping it Simple Chapter 9: Reducing Bias Chapter 10: Avoiding Plagiarism Section III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic Writing Chapter 11: First and Last Paragraphs Chapter 12: Paragraphs are our Friends Chapter 13: Transition Words and Sentences Chapter 14: Headings Chapter 15: Grammar Chapter 16: Punctuation Chapter 17: Sentence Length Chapter 18: Citations Chapter 19: The Reference List Chapter 20: Quotations Chapter 21: Quantitative Data, Tables, Figures, and Graphs Section IV: Using Research in Academic Writing Chapter 22: The Basic Elements of Research Chapter 23: Evaluating Research Studies Chapter 24: Describing Empirical Research Chapter 25: The Annotated Bibliography and Research Proposal Chapter 26: The Literature Review Section V: Theses, Dissertations Chapter 27: Theses and Dissertations: Secondary Research Chapter 28: Theses and Dissertations: Original Research.