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How to write better essays / Bryan Greetham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave study guidesPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Edition: Third editionDescription: xi, 315 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781137293282 (pbk.) :
  • 9781137293282 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.4 GRE
LOC classification:
  • PE1429 .G74 2013
Contents:
Stage 1.Interpretation of the questions -- 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 -- 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.Organsiing your retrieval system -- 19.Organising your time -- 20.Your own personal timetabel -- Stage 3.Planning -- 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 -- 25.Getting your own ideas down -- 26.Introduction -- 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 dont\'s -- 34.Working with evidence -- 35.Plagiarism -- 36.Referencing and bibliographies -- 37.Reflective writing -- Stage 5.Revision -- 38.Preserving your best ideas -- 39.Revising the structure -- 40.Revising the content.
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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Previous edition: 2008.

Includes QR code.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stage 1.Interpretation of the questions -- 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 -- 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.Organsiing your retrieval system -- 19.Organising your time -- 20.Your own personal timetabel -- Stage 3.Planning -- 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 -- 25.Getting your own ideas down -- 26.Introduction -- 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 dont\'s -- 34.Working with evidence -- 35.Plagiarism -- 36.Referencing and bibliographies -- 37.Reflective writing -- Stage 5.Revision -- 38.Preserving your best ideas -- 39.Revising the structure -- 40.Revising the content.

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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