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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458651603321

Autore

Baker Chris

Titolo

Writing better essays [[electronic resource] /] / Chris Baker, Ross Vermeer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Open University of Hong Kong Press, 2007

ISBN

962-7707-79-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VermeerRoss

Disciplina

808.042

Soggetti

Report writing

English language - Rhetoric

Academic 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 contenuto

""Contents""; ""Chapter 1  Preparing for writing""; ""The writing process""; ""Planning your writing""; ""Organizing your essay""; ""Chapter 2  Structuring and drafting""; ""Structuring paragraphs""; ""The structure of an academic essay""; ""Logically organizing ideas in your essay""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3  Refining your writing""; ""Sentences""; ""Verb tenses""; ""Writing in a formal academic style""; ""Describing graphs, charts and tables""; ""Quoting and summarizing""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4  Editing and proofreading""; ""Editing: thinking about content, structure andstyle""

""The final copy""""Proofreading""; ""Chapter 5  Sample essays""

Sommario/riassunto

A key to academic success is the ability to write a well-structured, focused and polished essay. Yet many students are at a loss when it comes to tackling an essay question. Writing Better Essays takes you step by step through the whole writing process.