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Where's your argument? : how to present your academic argument in writing / Helen Cooper & Michael Shoolbred.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pocket study skillsPublisher: London ; New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan Education 2016Description: viii, 112 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 11 x 14 cmISBN:
  • 9781137534736 (pbk.) :
  • 9781137534736
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042 COO 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2369.E92
Contents:
Part 1.Getting started -- 1.Stages of the task -- 2.What's the task? -- Part 2.Putting ideas together -- 3.Finding out -- 4.Developing your ideas -- 5.Evidence -- 6.Forming an argument -- Part 3.Building your argument -- 7.Structuring your argument -- 8.Using paragraphs -- 9.Making the argument flow -- 10.Beginnings and endings -- Part 4.Showing your argument -- 11.Presenting evidence -- 12.Communicating with the reader -- 13.Finding your academic voice -- Part 5.Finalising your argument.
Summary: This concise guide shows you how to develop convincing academic arguments and create an effective personal style for presenting them. From planning a logical structure to conveying your ideas in precise language, this book takes you through every stage of assignment writing with the argument firmly in focus.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 808.042 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 222678
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 808.042 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 222677
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 808.042 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 222676

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1.Getting started -- 1.Stages of the task -- 2.What's the task? -- Part 2.Putting ideas together -- 3.Finding out -- 4.Developing your ideas -- 5.Evidence -- 6.Forming an argument -- Part 3.Building your argument -- 7.Structuring your argument -- 8.Using paragraphs -- 9.Making the argument flow -- 10.Beginnings and endings -- Part 4.Showing your argument -- 11.Presenting evidence -- 12.Communicating with the reader -- 13.Finding your academic voice -- Part 5.Finalising your argument.

This concise guide shows you how to develop convincing academic arguments and create an effective personal style for presenting them. From planning a logical structure to conveying your ideas in precise language, this book takes you through every stage of assignment writing with the argument firmly in focus.

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