Doing essays & assignments : essential tips for students / Pete Greasley.
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TextPublisher: London : SAGE, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473912076Subject(s): Essay -- Authorship | Academic writing | Report writingGenre/Form: Handbooks and manuals. DDC classification: 808.4 Summary: Packed full of practical authoritative advice this book reveals what your supervisors are really looking for when they read your essays and assignments, and clearly sets out the skills and techniques you need to improve your written work - and your marks! Pete Greasley is the ideal guide for anyone hoping to develop their writing skills. He takes a student focused approach avoiding complex jargon and systematically highlights a wide range of practical tips for you to try and adapt. These tips are supported by a survey of tutors, which highlights the things that markers are really looking for in students' work, and a survey of students which sets out common problems or mistakes. Topics include: planning, time management and deadlines; reading and researching the literature; writing introductions and conclusions; answering the question; critical analysis and argument; referencing; language, grammar and expression; and avoiding plagiarism. As enjoyable as it is functional, Doing Essays and Assignments sets the essay writing process within a manageable structure that will prove a friend to students and markers alike.
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First edition published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-207) and index.
Packed full of practical authoritative advice this book reveals what your supervisors are really looking for when they read your essays and assignments, and clearly sets out the skills and techniques you need to improve your written work - and your marks! Pete Greasley is the ideal guide for anyone hoping to develop their writing skills. He takes a student focused approach avoiding complex jargon and systematically highlights a wide range of practical tips for you to try and adapt. These tips are supported by a survey of tutors, which highlights the things that markers are really looking for in students' work, and a survey of students which sets out common problems or mistakes. Topics include: planning, time management and deadlines; reading and researching the literature; writing introductions and conclusions; answering the question; critical analysis and argument; referencing; language, grammar and expression; and avoiding plagiarism. As enjoyable as it is functional, Doing Essays and Assignments sets the essay writing process within a manageable structure that will prove a friend to students and markers alike.
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