How to write better essays / Bryan Greetham.
By: Greetham, Bryan
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BookSeries: Palgrave study guides.Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, c2008Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780230224803.Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Essay -- Technique | Exposition (Rhetoric) | Essay -- Authorship | Academic writing | Literature | Language learning: writing skillsDDC classification: 808 GRE Summary: The author takes the reader carefully through each stage of essay writing from interpretation of the question, to the research, planning, writing and revision. The book contains a troubleshooting section to help readers diagnose problems.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book takes the reader carefully through each stage of essay writing from interpretation of the question, to the research, planning, writing, and revision. The book shows how to improve not just study skills like note-taking, reading, organization, and writing, but thinking skills as well. Readers will learn how to analyze difficult concepts, criticize and evaluate arguments, use evidence, and develop more of their own ideas. This book gives clear practical advice, with a troubleshooting section that deals with a range of common problems.
Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The author takes the reader carefully through each stage of essay writing from interpretation of the question, to the research, planning, writing and revision. The book contains a troubleshooting section to help readers diagnose problems.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. ix)
- The Stages (p. 1)
- Stage 1 Interpretation of the Question (p. 5)
- Introduction (p. 5)
- 1 Revealing the Structure (p. 7)
- 2 A Practical Example (p. 15)
- 3 Learning to Analyse (p. 23)
- 4 The Three-Step Technique - Steps 1 and 2 (p. 27)
- 5 Step 3 - Test your Concept (p. 36)
- 6 Brainstorming (p. 44)
- 7 Flexibility (p. 53)
- 8 Using the Right Ability (p. 60)
- 9 The Range of Abilities (p. 64)
- 10 Changing our Pattern of Study (p. 70)
- Stage 2 Research (p. 77)
- Introduction (p. 77)
- 11 Reading Purposefully (p. 80)
- 12 Processing the Ideas (p. 84)
- 13 Note-taking for Analysis and Structure (p. 93)
- 14 Remembering your Notes (p. 99)
- 15 Note-taking for Criticism and Evaluation (p. 107)
- 16 Organising your Retrieval System (p. 118)
- 17 Organising your Time (p. 127)
- 18 Your Own Personal Timetable (p. 136)
- Stage 3 Planning (p. 145)
- Introduction (p. 145)
- 19 Planning: Getting the Highest Grades (p. 148)
- 20 Editing and Ordering your Material (p. 156)
- 21 Planning for the Exam (p. 166)
- 22 Revising for the Exam (p. 173)
- Stage 4 Writing (p. 179)
- Introduction (p. 179)
- 23 Getting your Own Ideas Down (p. 182)
- 24 Introductions (p. 191)
- 25 Paragraphs - Topic sentences (p. 197)
- 26 Paragraphs - Development and Evidence (p. 206)
- 27 Conclusions (p. 212)
- 28 Style - Simplicity 1: Sentences (p. 217)
- 29 Style - Simplicity 2: Words (p. 227)
- 30 Style - Economy (p. 232)
- 31 Style - the Dos and Don'ts (p. 237)
- 32 Working with Evidence (p. 245)
- 33 Plagiarism (p. 256)
- 34 Referencing and Bibliographies (p. 264)
- Stage 5 Revision (p. 275)
- Introduction (p. 275)
- 35 Preserving your Best Ideas (p. 278)
- 36 Revising the Structure (p. 282)
- 37 Revising the Content (p. 287)
- Conclusion (p. 298)
- Troubleshooting (p. 301)
- Bibliography (p. 305)
- Index (p. 306)