A student's writing guide : how to plan and write successful essays / Gordon Taylor.

By:

Taylor, Gordon, 1941-

Contributor(s):

Taylor, Gordon (Gordon Bruce Vernon), 1941-. Student's writing guide for the arts and social sciences

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511540028
0511540027
9780511650727
0511650728
9780511539183
0511539185
9780511537097
0511537093
9780511538773
0511538774
9780511609749
0511609744
9780511538353
0511538359
9786612391057
6612391057
0511738919
9780511738913
1107193168
9781107193161
1282391054
9781282391055

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Student's writing guide.DDC classification:

808/.042071 22

LOC classification:

PE1478 .T38 2009eb

Other classification:

05.16

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Contents:

Introduction -- Reflection : asking questions and proposing answers -- Interpretation : reading and taking notes -- Introductions -- Middles -- Endings -- You, your language and your material -- Analytical language 1 : sentences -- Analytical language 2 : rhetorical strategies -- Cohesion and texture -- Conventions of academic writing.

Summary: Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work: • interpreting assignment topics • drawing on your own experience and background • reading analytically and taking efficient notes • developing your argument through introductions, middles and conclusions • evaluating and using online resources • understanding the conventions of academic culture • honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English. This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework papers.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work: • interpreting assignment topics • drawing on your own experience and background • reading analytically and taking efficient notes • developing your argument through introductions, middles and conclusions • evaluating and using online resources • understanding the conventions of academic culture • honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English. This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework papers.

English.

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