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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452295803321

Autore

Fowler Alastair

Titolo

How to write [[electronic resource] /] / Alastair Fowler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-76127-X

0-19-153526-5

1-4294-6945-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

808/.042

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric

Report writing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; 1. Pen and Computer; 2. Material Reading; 3. Beginning; 4. Drafts; 5. Outlines; 6. Paragraphs; 7. Paragraph Types; 8. Arguments; 9. Signposts; 10. Sentences; 11. Word Order; 12. Punctuation; 13. Quotation; 14. Originality; 15. Readers; 16. Words; 17. Metaphors; 18. Performance and Concurrence; 19. Revising; 20. Correctness; 21. Reducing; 22. Research: Hard and Soft; 23. Reference Books; 24. Practicalities; 25. Recapitulation; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

How to Write is an introductory guide to the writing process, aimed at people who think they can't write, or for whom writing is an ordeal. Broken down into short topic-based chapters, this will be an invaluable guide for both students and those who need to write reports and presentations in the course of their work. - ;How to Write is an introductory guide to writing, aimed at people who think they can't write, or for whom writing is an ordeal. Broken down into short topic-based chapters on everything from beginning to revising, it demystifies the writing process by taking the reader through