Write Brilliantly at university - whatever your course! An accessible, attractive guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to wite successfully for any purpose on any course, whether it be essays, assignments, reports, reflective writing, exam questions, research reports, literature reviews - any type of academic writing, on any course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of academic writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of academic writing.
| ISBN | 0273775138 | | Pages | 208 | | ISBN13 | 9780273775133
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 310 | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Published in | Harlow | | Imprint | Prentice-Hall | | Height (mm) | 215 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 169 | | Publication date | 12 Jul 2012 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 808.02 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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About the author Author's acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements Introduction: Do as we say, not as we do Part 1: Establishing the basics Chapter 1: Developing good writing skills Chapter 2: Giving markers what they want Chapter 3: Getting started with academic writing Part 2: Getting ready to write Chapter 4: Learning how to read Chapter 5: Turning reading into notes Chapter 6: The bare bones of academic writing structures Chapter 7: How to create a plan Part 3: Writing, Editing and other essentials Chapter 8: The conventions of academic writing Chapter 9: The basics of sentences and paragraphs Chapter 10: The importance of critical thinking Chapter 11: Never ever plagiarise Chapter 12: Quotations, citations and references Chapter 13: The importance of the post-writing phases Chapter 14: Making the most of feedback Conclusion: Follow the conventions but be yourself
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