How to write better essays
This book offers guidance on how to write better e amd teaches you how to: analyse the question and break down difficult terms and concepts • brainstorm effectively and generate your own ideas, evaluate and criticise arguments, express your thoughts coherently and develop your own style of writing, plan and structure your essay from introduction to conclusion and along the way, practical techniques show how to analyse, criticise, discuss and evaluate material, improve your style, revise your fi…
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- Full title :How to write better essays / Bryan Greetham.
Summary
This book offers guidance on how to write better e amd teaches you how to: analyse the question and break down difficult terms and concepts • brainstorm effectively and generate your own ideas, evaluate and criticise arguments, express your thoughts coherently and develop your own style of writing, plan and structure your essay from introduction to conclusion and along the way, practical techniques show how to analyse, criticise, discuss and evaluate material, improve your style, revise your final draft and avoid plagiarism.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:Third edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : : illustrations (black and white)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781137293367, 1137293365
- oclc:on1110331201
- LC Classification:PE1429
- Dewey Decimal:808/.042
Table of Contents
Why write essays, Stage 1 Interpretation of the Question Introduction 1 Revealing the Structure 2 A Practical Example 3 Learning to Analyse 4 The Three-Step Technique -- Steps 1 and 2 5 Creating Your Own Concept 6 Step 3 -- Test Your Concept 7 Brainstorming 8 Flexibility 9 Using the Right Ability 10 The Range of Abilities 11 Changing Our Pattern of Study Stage 2 Research Introduction 12 Reading Purposefully 13 Processing the Ideas 14 Note-taking for Analysis and Structure 15 Remembering Your Notes 16 Note-taking for Criticism and Evaluation 17 Thinking and Reading Critically 18 Organising Your Retrieval System 19 Organising Your Time 20 Your Own Personal Timetable Stage 3 Planning Introduction 21 Planning: Getting the Highest Grades 22 Editing and Ordering Your Material 23 Planning for the Exam 24 Revising for the Exam Stage 4 Writing Introduction 25 Getting Your Own Ideas Down 26 Introductions 27 Paragraphs -- Topic Sentences 28 Paragraphs -- Development and Evidence 29 Conclusions 30 Style -- Simplicity 1: Sentences 31 Style -- Simplicity 2: Words 32 Style -- Economy 33 Style -- the Dos and Don'ts 34 Working with Evidence 35 Plagiarism 36 Referencing and Bibliographies 37 Reflec…
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