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Oshima, Alice.

Writing academic English : a writing and sentence structure handbook / Alice Oshima, Ann Hogue. - 2nd ed. - Menlo Park, Calif. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1991. - xiv, 274 p. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Part one.Writing a paragraph -- 1.What is academic writing -- 2.What is a paragraph? An overview -- 3.Unity and simple outlining -- 4.Coherence -- 5.Kinds of logical order -- 6.Concrete support -- Part two.Writing an essay -- 7.The essay-- 8.Patterns of essay organization -- Part three.Using outside references-- 9.Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries -- 10.Using the library -- Part four.Sentence structure -- 11.Types of sentences -- 12.Noun clauses -- 13.Adverbial clauses -- 14.Relative clauses -- 15.Particples and gerunds.

ISBN: 9780201514094 9780201514094 �31.00

LCCN: 92209014 //r952

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc
English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers
Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Language learning: writing skills
Literary studies: general

LC Class. No.: PE1408 / .O73 1991

Dewey Class. No.: 808.042 OSH