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Write Winning Essays and Dissertations is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to improve their assessed written work. Whether you are in desperate need of help or just want advice on improving your writing style, this book will prove useful throughout your academic career and beyond. It will show you how to plan your work so that your argument is expressed clearly, how to use language to best effect and how to get the most out of your sources.
Write Winning Essays and Dissertations includes:
Part one - Where do I start?
Chapter 1: Before you begin
Chapter 2: How markers think
Chapter 3: Know your assignment
Chapter 4: Exams and dissertations
Chapter 5: Questions and topics
Part two - Building your answer
Chapter 6: Finding the right material
Chapter 7: Planning and structure
Chapter 8: Sections and paragraphs
Chapter 9: Introductions and conclusions
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"an excellent guide for students seeking top marks" * Mr. J. Duffy - Amazon reviewer *
Table of Contents
- : Part One: Where do you start?
- : Before you begin
- : How markers think
- : Know your assignment
- : Choosing a topic
- : Understanding a set question
- : Quick Fix: reading the question
- : Try it out
- : Further reading
- : Part Two: Planning your answer
- : Making a plan
- : Structure and argument
- : Subheadings and paragraphs
- : Introductions and conclusions
- : Presentation
- : Quick Fix: planning your answer
- : Try it out
- : Further reading
- : Part Three: Using language
- : Register
- : Punctuation 1
- : Punctuation 2
- : Grammar 1
- : Grammar 2
- : Spelling
- : Common errors and how to screen your work for problems.
- : Quick Fix: language
- : Try it out
- : Further reading
- : Part Four: Using sources
- : Finding the right material
- : Making sources work
- : Plagiarism
- : Referencing
- : Quick Fix: using sources
- : Try it out
- : Further reading
- : Index
