Academic writing for engineering publications : a guide for non-native English speakers / / Zhongchao Tan

• Autore: Tan Zhongchao
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Disciplina: 808.02
• Soggetto topico: Report writing; Technical writing - Data processing; Redacció d'escrits tècnics; Redacció d'informes
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 About This Book -- 1.2 Scope and Readers -- 1.3 Organization of This Book -- 1.4 American and British Spellings -- 2: Academic Integrity -- 2.1 Plagiarism -- 2.2 Quotations and Paraphrasing -- 2.3 Copyright -- 2.4 Privacy and Confidentiality -- 2.5 Authorship -- 2.6 Logical Writing -- 2.7 Unbiased Writing -- 2.8 Neutral Language -- 2.9 Clear and Concise Writing -- 2.10 Practice Problems -- Part II: Organization of Ideas -- 3: Preparing for Writing -- 3.1 Purpose of Writing -- 3.2 Identifying Readers -- 3.3 Scope of Writing -- 3.4 Structure of Writing -- 3.4.1 Front Matter -- 3.4.2 Body -- 3.4.3 Back Matter -- 3.4.4 Headers and Footers -- 4: Outlining -- 4.1 Outlining Steps -- 4.2 Outline-Based Drafting -- 4.3 Practice Problems -- 5: Drafting Introduction -- 5.1 Sources of Information -- 5.2 Funnel Approach to Literature Review -- 5.3 Drafting Objectives -- 5.4 Errors in Introduction and Objectives -- 5.5 Practice Problems -- 6: Drafting Methodology -- 6.1 Research Methods -- 6.2 Describing Numerical Approach -- 6.3 Replicability -- 6.4 Precise Description of Method -- 6.5 Practice Problems -- 7: Drafting Results and Discussion -- 7.1 Data Validation -- 7.2 Aiming at Objectives -- 7.3 RECA Approach to Results and Discussion -- 7.3.1 Reiteration of Results -- 7.3.2 Explanation and Comparison of Results -- 7.3.3 In-Depth Analysis -- 7.3.4 Presenting Limitations -- 7.4 Quantitative Results -- 7.5 Precise Results and Discussion -- 7.6 Engaging Writing -- 7.7 Erratic Writing -- 7.8 Practice Problems -- 8: Drafting Conclusions -- 8.1 Conclusion Meeting Objective -- 8.2 Practice Problems -- 9: Drafting Other Sections -- 9.1 Drafting Title -- 9.2 Drafting Authorship -- 9.2.1 Corresponding Author. ; 9.2.2 Authorship Order -- 9.2.3 Affiliations -- 9.3 Drafting Abstract -- 9.4 Drafting Executive Summary -- 9.5 Drafting Keywords -- 9.6 Table of Contents -- 9.7 List of Figures and List of Tables -- 9.8 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols -- 9.9 Drafting Foreword and Preface -- 9.10 Drafting Acknowledgments -- 9.11 Drafting References and Bibliography -- 9.12 Appendices and Supplemental Materials -- 9.13 Glossary -- 9.14 Index -- 9.15 Practice Problems -- Part III: Engineering Language Skills -- 10: Engineering Language -- 10.1 Writing with Simple Language -- 10.2 Writing with Right Pace -- 10.3 Current, Future, and Past Tenses -- 10.4 Point of View -- 10.5 Positive and Negative Tones -- 10.6 Active and Passive Voices -- 10.7 Defining Terms Before Use -- 10.7.1 Defining Technical Terms -- 10.7.2 Consistent Naming of Same "Things" -- 10.8 Analogy and Simile -- 10.9 Clarity -- 10.10 Transition and Connection -- 10.10.1 Transition Between Paragraphs and Sections -- 10.10.2 Connecting Sentences in Paragraph -- 10.11 Conciseness -- 10.12 Practice Problems -- 11: Paragraphs -- 11.1 Statement-Evidence-Conclusion Structure -- 11.1.1 Topic Sentence -- 11.1.2 Paragraph Length -- 11.2 Lists in Paragraph -- 11.3 Equations in Paragraph -- 11.4 Practice Problems -- 12: Sentences -- 12.1 Sentence Construction -- 12.2 Conjunction -- 12.3 Parallel Structure -- 12.4 Sentence Variety -- 12.4.1 Varying Sentence Length -- 12.4.2 Varying Word Order -- 12.5 Grammatical Agreement -- 12.5.1 Subject-Verb Agreement -- 12.5.2 Compound Subject-Verb Agreement -- 12.6 Fragmented Sentences -- 12.7 Clauses -- 12.7.1 Adjective Clauses -- 12.7.2 Dependent and Independent Clauses -- 12.8 Emphasis -- 12.8.1 Emphasis by Position -- 12.8.2 Emphasis by Sentence Length -- 12.8.3 Emphasis by Repetition. ; 12.8.4 Redundancy Due to Emphasis -- 12.8.5 Garbled Sentences -- 12.9 Modifiers -- 12.9.1 Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers -- 12.9.2 Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Modifiers -- 12.9.3 Placement of Modifiers -- 12.9.4 Dangling Modifiers -- 12.10 Intensifiers and Subjective Writing -- 12.11 Rambling Sentences -- 12.12 Practice Problems -- 13: Phrases and Words -- 13.1 Phrases -- 13.1.1 Noun Phrases -- 13.1.2 Gerund Phrases -- 13.1.3 Verb Phrases -- 13.1.4 Prepositional Phrases -- 13.1.5 Participial Phrases -- 13.1.6 Infinitive Phrases -- 13.2 Verb-Based Writing -- 13.2.1 Phrasal Verb Error -- 13.2.2 Nominalization Error -- 13.3 Wordiness -- 13.3.1 Duplicated Nouns -- 13.3.2 Redundancy -- 13.3.3 Avoiding Wordy Phrases -- 13.4 Shift of Function -- 13.5 Jargon, Slang, and Idiom -- 13.6 Contractions -- 13.7 Vague and Subjective Words -- 13.7.1 Using the Word Significant -- 13.7.2 Using the Word Fact -- 13.8 Pairs of Challenging Words -- 13.9 Practice Problems -- 14: Visuals -- 14.1 Using Simple Visuals -- 14.2 Key Elements in Visuals -- 14.2.1 Captions of Visuals -- 14.2.2 Labels in Visuals -- 14.2.3 Text in Visuals -- 14.3 Images -- 14.4 Graphs -- 14.4.1 Line Graph -- 14.4.2 Dot Graph -- 14.4.3 Line-Dot Graph -- 14.4.4 Error Bars -- 14.4.5 Schematic Diagram -- 14.4.6 Exploded View -- 14.4.7 Maps -- 14.5 Tables -- 14.6 Color -- 14.6.1 Black-and-White Visuals -- 14.6.2 Color in Visuals -- 14.7 Integrating Visuals into Text -- 14.8 Placement of Visuals -- 14.9 Practice Problems -- 15: Punctuation -- 15.1 Punctuation Marks -- 15.2 Apostrophe -- 15.3 Colon -- 15.4 Comma -- 15.4.1 Linking Independent Clauses -- 15.4.2 Introducing Elements -- 15.4.3 Separating Parallel Elements -- 15.4.4 Enclosing Elements -- 15.4.5 Using Commas with Numbers -- 15.4.6 Replacing Verbs -- 15.4.7 Comma Intrusion. ; 15.5 Dash -- 15.6 Ellipsis -- 15.7 Hyphen -- 15.7.1 Hyphenated Words -- 15.7.2 Multi-word Modifiers -- 15.7.3 Series -- 15.7.4 Prefixes -- 15.7.5 Hyphens for Clarity -- 15.8 Parentheses -- 15.9 Period -- 15.10 Question Mark -- 15.11 Quotation Marks -- 15.11.1 Enclosing Elements -- 15.11.2 Titles and Quotation Marks -- 15.11.3 Punctuation in Quotation Marks -- 15.12 Semicolon -- 15.13 Practice Problems -- 16: Finalization -- 16.1 Repeated Revisions -- 16.2 Formatting -- 16.2.1 Formatting Title -- 16.2.2 Formatting Table of Contents -- 16.2.3 Justification of Margins -- 16.2.4 Line Spacing -- 16.2.5 Formatting Headings -- 16.2.6 Formatting Headers and Footers -- 16.2.7 Typeface and Font Size -- 16.2.8 Capitalization -- 16.2.9 Capitonyms -- 16.2.10 Italicizing Words with Non-English Roots -- 16.2.11 Italics to Specify Items -- 16.2.12 Formatting Date -- 16.2.13 Formatting Time -- 16.2.14 Formatting Numbers -- 16.2.15 Formatting Units and Symbols -- 16.2.16 Formatting Lists -- 16.2.17 Formatting Visuals -- Double-Check Placement of Visuals -- Refining Visuals -- 16.2.18 Formatting Equations -- Italicized Symbols -- 16.2.19 References and In-Text Citations -- References -- In-Text Citations -- Recommended Styles for References and Citations -- 16.3 Formatting Cross-References -- 16.3.1 Formatting Appendices -- 16.3.2 Formatting Index -- 16.4 Proofreading -- 16.5 Copyright Clearance -- 16.6 Internal Clearance -- 16.7 Practice Problems -- Part IV: Correspondence -- 17: Correspondence -- 17.1 Peer Review Process -- 17.2 Cover Letter -- 17.2.1 Structure of Cover Letter -- 17.2.2 Date in Letter -- 17.2.3 Salutation -- 17.2.4 Introduction, Body, and Conclusion -- 17.2.5 Complementary Close -- 17.3 Response to Reviewers' Comments -- 17.3.1 Class 1 - Complimentary Comments -- 17.3.2 Class 2 - Editorial Comments. ; 17.3.3 Class 3 - Challenging Comments -- 17.3.4 Class 4 - Critical Comments -- Appendices -- A1. Transitional Words and Phrases -- A2. American and British English Spellings -- A3. Sample Outline -- Introduction -- Model Development -- Model Domain and Assumptions -- Governing Equations -- Electrochemical Kinetics -- Mass Conversion -- Charge Conversion -- Energy Conversion -- Numerical Solution of Model Equations -- Results and Discussion -- Model Validation -- Effects of Separator Thickness and Porosity on Energy Density -- Electrolyte Concentration Distribution -- Effect of Separator on Thermal Behavior -- A4. Sample Response to Reviewers' Comments -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Academic Writing for Engineering Publications
• ISBN: 9783030993641; 9783030993634
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910585769603321
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