本书共分六章，每章三单元。每章主要围绕三条主线展开。第一条主线是论文写作的主要步骤，第二条主线是论文写作相关事项，第三条主线是论述方法。

论文写作的主要步骤包括选题、材料的收集与评估、列出提纲、论文写作、编写参考文献以及摘要写作。论文写作相关事项包括学术论文的特征、流程、文章的衔接与连贯、文体特点、图表的使用、写作规范、参考文献的标注以及致谢等。至于论述方法，则主要介绍定义法、因果法、比较与对照法、议论法以及记叙法等。

附录包括三篇范文以及一个常用格式指南。参考答案则与各章练习相匹配，供读者参考。

Chapter One Introduction

　Part One Introduction to Academic Writing

　Part Two Procedures of Academic Writing

　Part Three Definition Writing

Chapter Two Research Topic

　Part One Choosing a Title

　Part Two Tables and Figures

　Part Three Cause and Effect

Chapter Three Data Collection and Evaluation

　Part One Data Collection and Evaluation

　Part Two Developing an Outline

　Part Three Comparison and Contrast

Chapter Four Writing Style

　Part One Citation vs. Plagiarism

　Part Two References

　Part Three Language Style

Chapter Five Paper Writing

　Part One Paper Writing

　Part Two Cohesion and Coherence

　Part Three Argumentation

Chapter Six Abstrace

　Part One Abstract Writing

　Part Two Description

　Part Three Rounding out the Paper

Appendix 1 Sample Paper of Arts

Appendix 2 Sample Paper of Science

Appendix 3 Sample Scientific Paper

Appendix 4 Common Style Guides

Key to Exercises

References