Topic outline

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    The course and final test cover the following chapters and topics from the Writer's Guide for Engineers (the pdf book below). The page numbers are provided within the parenthesis in the table of contents. During the course, you will also view instructional videos and complete interactive exercises on these topics (available in MyCourses when the course begins).

    CHAPTER 1 INFORMATION ORDERING (cohesion)
    1.1 The given-new principle (pp. 11-13)
    1.2 Organizing flow (pp. 14-18)
    1.3 The light-before-heavy principle (pp. 19-21)
    1.4 Repairing problems (pp. 22-28)

    CHAPTER 2 ORGANIZING THE PARAGRAPH
    2.1 Patterns of Organization (pp.29-39)
    2.2 Topic sentences (pp. 39-42)

    CHAPTER 3 STYLE
    3.1 Vocabulary choice (pp. 43-48)
    3.2 Sentence Structure (pp. 48-58)

    CHAPTER 4 PUNCTUATION
    4.1 The Comma (pp. 63-73)

    If you are not in the course but wish to self-study these topics, you can also access similar contents with interactive exercises at Academic Writing in English website (http://sana.aalto.fi/awe).
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