Anthem guide to essay writing [[electronic resource] /] / Carole L. Hamilton |
Autore | Hamilton Carole L. <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Anthem Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Essay - Authorship
English language - Rhetoric |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-85728-429-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""AFTERWORD""; ""APPENDIX: SAMPLE ESSAYS""; ""INDEX"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Guide to essay writing |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465070303321 |
Hamilton Carole L. <1951-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Anthem Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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College essay essentials : a step-by-step guide to writing a successful college admission essay / / Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy |
Autore | Sawyer Ethan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) |
Disciplina | 378.1/616 |
Soggetto topico |
College applications - United States
Exposition (Rhetoric) Universities and colleges - United States - Admission Essay - Authorship |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4926-3514-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465705803321 |
Sawyer Ethan | ||
Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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College essay essentials : a step-by-step guide to writing a successful college admission essay / / Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy |
Autore | Sawyer Ethan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) |
Disciplina | 378.1/616 |
Soggetto topico |
College applications - United States
Exposition (Rhetoric) Universities and colleges - United States - Admission Essay - Authorship |
ISBN |
1-4926-3513-8
1-4926-3514-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798302903321 |
Sawyer Ethan | ||
Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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College essay essentials : a step-by-step guide to writing a successful college admission essay / / Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy |
Autore | Sawyer Ethan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) |
Disciplina | 378.1/616 |
Soggetto topico |
College applications - United States
Exposition (Rhetoric) Universities and colleges - United States - Admission Essay - Authorship |
ISBN |
1-4926-3513-8
1-4926-3514-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809982903321 |
Sawyer Ethan | ||
Naperville, Illinois : , : Sourcebooks, Inc., , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The far edges of the fourth genre / / edited by Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrentissSean
WilkinsJoe |
Soggetto topico |
Creative nonfiction - Authorship
Essay - Authorship |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-62895-023-4
1-60917-411-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Mary Clearman Blew: Walking home -- Ander Monson: Essay as hack -- Brenda Miller: Writing inside the web: creative nonfiction in the age of connection -- Dinty W. Moore: Rivering -- Bob Sacochis: How to wind the clock of your days -- Jon Rovner: Refresh -- Robin Hemley: Lines that create motion -- Joe Wilkins: Night -- Nancer Ballard: Bald in back with three heads: wrestling with time in narrative nonfiction -- Joy Castro: Grip and getting "grip" -- Lia Purpura: Advice and on giving "advice" -- Sean Prentiss: Eternal sunshine of the nonfiction mind: a new philosophy for understanding truth and creative nonfiction -- Judith Kitchen: Gone a-sailing: a voyage to the edge of nonfiction -- Lee Barnes: Memory, language, and truth in the written moment -- Kim Barnes: The art and absence of reflection in personal nonfiction: what is the why? -- Erik Reece: The act of writing: speak and bear witness. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464894603321 |
East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The far edges of the fourth genre / / edited by Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrentissSean
WilkinsJoe |
Soggetto topico |
Creative nonfiction - Authorship
Essay - Authorship |
ISBN |
1-62895-023-4
1-60917-411-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Mary Clearman Blew: Walking home -- Ander Monson: Essay as hack -- Brenda Miller: Writing inside the web: creative nonfiction in the age of connection -- Dinty W. Moore: Rivering -- Bob Sacochis: How to wind the clock of your days -- Jon Rovner: Refresh -- Robin Hemley: Lines that create motion -- Joe Wilkins: Night -- Nancer Ballard: Bald in back with three heads: wrestling with time in narrative nonfiction -- Joy Castro: Grip and getting "grip" -- Lia Purpura: Advice and on giving "advice" -- Sean Prentiss: Eternal sunshine of the nonfiction mind: a new philosophy for understanding truth and creative nonfiction -- Judith Kitchen: Gone a-sailing: a voyage to the edge of nonfiction -- Lee Barnes: Memory, language, and truth in the written moment -- Kim Barnes: The art and absence of reflection in personal nonfiction: what is the why? -- Erik Reece: The act of writing: speak and bear witness. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789036403321 |
East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The far edges of the fourth genre / / edited by Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrentissSean
WilkinsJoe |
Soggetto topico |
Creative nonfiction - Authorship
Essay - Authorship |
ISBN |
1-62895-023-4
1-60917-411-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Mary Clearman Blew: Walking home -- Ander Monson: Essay as hack -- Brenda Miller: Writing inside the web: creative nonfiction in the age of connection -- Dinty W. Moore: Rivering -- Bob Sacochis: How to wind the clock of your days -- Jon Rovner: Refresh -- Robin Hemley: Lines that create motion -- Joe Wilkins: Night -- Nancer Ballard: Bald in back with three heads: wrestling with time in narrative nonfiction -- Joy Castro: Grip and getting "grip" -- Lia Purpura: Advice and on giving "advice" -- Sean Prentiss: Eternal sunshine of the nonfiction mind: a new philosophy for understanding truth and creative nonfiction -- Judith Kitchen: Gone a-sailing: a voyage to the edge of nonfiction -- Lee Barnes: Memory, language, and truth in the written moment -- Kim Barnes: The art and absence of reflection in personal nonfiction: what is the why? -- Erik Reece: The act of writing: speak and bear witness. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815044203321 |
East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How to write essays & assignments / / Kathleen McMillan & Jonathan Weyers |
Autore | McMillan Kathleen |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, : Pearson, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 252 p. ) : col. ill |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeyersJonathan D. B |
Collana | Smarter study skills |
Soggetto topico |
Academic writing
Essay - Authorship Report writing |
Soggetto genere / forma | Libros electrónicos. |
ISBN |
0-273-74963-3
1-283-73415-X 0-273-74382-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction 1. Why expressing yourself well in writing is important - how to develop your writing skills What markers are looking for 2. What markers are looking for in your essays and assignments - how to identify the key elements required to meet markers' expectations Getting started 3. Tackling writing assignments - How to get started Researching your topic 4. Effective academic reading - How to read efficiently and with understanding 5. Library and learning resources - How to make the best use of the facilities 6. Note-making from texts - How to create effective notes for later reference 7. Thinking critically - How to develop a logical approach to analysis, synthesis and evaluation Writing a first draft 8. Academic writing formats - How to organise your writing within a standard framework 9. Planning writing assignments - How to respond to the task Writing technique 10. Academic writing style - How to adopt appropriate language conventions 11. Shaping your text - how to create effective sentences and paragraphs 12. Improving your grammar - How to avoid some common errors 13. Better punctuation - How to use punctuation marks appropriately 14. Better spelling - How to spell competently 15. Enhancing your vocabulary - How to increase your word power Editing & Revision 16. Reviewing, editing and proof-reading - how to make sure your writing is concise and correct Plagiarism and referencing 17. Plagiarism and copyright infringement - how to avoid being accused of stealing the ideas & work of others 18. Citing and listing references - how to refer appropriately to the work of others Presentation 19. Presentation of assignments - how to follow the appropriate academic conventions Improving your marks 20. Exploiting feedback - how to understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work 21. Essay writing in exams - how to improve your marks References and further reading Glossary. |
Altri titoli varianti | How to write essays and assignments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150232703321 |
McMillan Kathleen | ||
Harlow, : Pearson, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How to write essays and dissertations : a guide for English literature students / / Nigel Fabb and Alan Durant |
Autore | Fabb Nigel |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
Disciplina | 808/.0668 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DurantAlan |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Dissertations, Academic English language - Rhetoric Essay - Authorship Academic writing |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-83547-9
1-317-86797-1 1-281-38484-4 9786611384845 1-4082-1178-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION""; ""The importance of writing in literary studies""; ""Four basic principles""; ""Practice and experimentation""; ""Preparing for work""; ""UNIT 2: WRITING ON A PRESCRIBED TOPIC""; ""What essay questions ask you to do""; ""Types of prescribed question""; ""Exam questions""; ""UNIT 3: DEVISING YOUR OWN TOPIC""; ""Some questions to ask yourself""; ""Giving your chosen topic a structure""; ""Giving your essay a title""; ""UNIT 4: WHAT MARKERS WANT""; ""Assessment criteria""
""Learning outcomes""""FAQs about how you are marked""; ""Imagining your reader as someone particular""; ""UNIT 5: SELECTING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTS""; ""How to choose your primary texts""; ""Kinds of primary text and how to use them""; ""How to choose secondary texts""; ""Keeping notes on your reading""; ""UNIT 6: GETTING HELP FROM REFERENCE WORKS, ONLINE RESOURCES AND YOUR SUPERVISOR""; ""Using secondary texts""; ""Reference books""; ""Keeping references""; ""Reading what you found""; ""Learning by being supervised""; ""UNIT 7: THE FIRST DRAFT""; ""Starting to write"" ""Keeping to a given format""""Writing to an outline""; ""UNIT 8: DEVELOPING YOUR ARGUMENT""; ""Causation, correlation and coincidence""; ""Assembling a description or commentary""; ""Classification""; ""Presenting alternative arguments""; ""Experimenting""; ""Providing contexts for texts""; ""Comparing texts""; ""Building an argument around a word""; ""UNIT 9: WEIGHTING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN YOUR ARGUMENT""; ""Asserting, justifying and presupposing""; ""Generalising""; ""Giving examples""; ""Signalling attitude to your own argument""; ""UNIT 10: THE VOICE TO WRITE IN"" ""Your register and your voice""""Mode of address""; ""Reacting to voices outside your adopted register""; ""Incorporating expressions from outside your adopted register""; ""Expressing taste and value""; ""UNIT 11: REVISING AN ESSAY DRAFT""; ""Showing your essay's structure""; ""Sign-posting and connectives""; ""Mediating essay material for the reader""; ""Making local edits""; ""Keep earlier drafts or discard them?""; ""UNIT 12: EDITING THE BEGINNING AND ENDING""; ""Particular prominence: the first paragraph""; ""Particular prominence: the last paragraph"" ""Beginnings, endings and essay structure""""UNIT 13: INCORPORATING OTHER PEOPLE'S WORDS INTO WHAT YOU WRITE""; ""Quotation and paraphrase""; ""Indicating where someone else's words come from""; ""Plagiarism""; ""UNIT 14: MISTAKES IN SPELLING, GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION""; ""What makes something a mistake and why does it matter?""; ""Problems with grammar""; ""Punctuation and the boundaries of the sentence: full stop, comma and semi-colon""; ""UNIT 15: HANDING IN""; ""Meeting your deadline""; ""Judging when your essay is finished""; ""Bibliography""; ""Footnotes and endnotes"" ""Abstract or summary"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451140303321 |
Fabb Nigel | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How to write essays and dissertations : a guide for English literature students / / Nigel Fabb and Alan Durant |
Autore | Fabb Nigel |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
Disciplina | 808/.0668 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DurantAlan |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Dissertations, Academic English language - Rhetoric Essay - Authorship Academic writing |
ISBN |
1-315-83547-9
1-317-86797-1 1-281-38484-4 9786611384845 1-4082-1178-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION""; ""The importance of writing in literary studies""; ""Four basic principles""; ""Practice and experimentation""; ""Preparing for work""; ""UNIT 2: WRITING ON A PRESCRIBED TOPIC""; ""What essay questions ask you to do""; ""Types of prescribed question""; ""Exam questions""; ""UNIT 3: DEVISING YOUR OWN TOPIC""; ""Some questions to ask yourself""; ""Giving your chosen topic a structure""; ""Giving your essay a title""; ""UNIT 4: WHAT MARKERS WANT""; ""Assessment criteria""
""Learning outcomes""""FAQs about how you are marked""; ""Imagining your reader as someone particular""; ""UNIT 5: SELECTING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTS""; ""How to choose your primary texts""; ""Kinds of primary text and how to use them""; ""How to choose secondary texts""; ""Keeping notes on your reading""; ""UNIT 6: GETTING HELP FROM REFERENCE WORKS, ONLINE RESOURCES AND YOUR SUPERVISOR""; ""Using secondary texts""; ""Reference books""; ""Keeping references""; ""Reading what you found""; ""Learning by being supervised""; ""UNIT 7: THE FIRST DRAFT""; ""Starting to write"" ""Keeping to a given format""""Writing to an outline""; ""UNIT 8: DEVELOPING YOUR ARGUMENT""; ""Causation, correlation and coincidence""; ""Assembling a description or commentary""; ""Classification""; ""Presenting alternative arguments""; ""Experimenting""; ""Providing contexts for texts""; ""Comparing texts""; ""Building an argument around a word""; ""UNIT 9: WEIGHTING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN YOUR ARGUMENT""; ""Asserting, justifying and presupposing""; ""Generalising""; ""Giving examples""; ""Signalling attitude to your own argument""; ""UNIT 10: THE VOICE TO WRITE IN"" ""Your register and your voice""""Mode of address""; ""Reacting to voices outside your adopted register""; ""Incorporating expressions from outside your adopted register""; ""Expressing taste and value""; ""UNIT 11: REVISING AN ESSAY DRAFT""; ""Showing your essay's structure""; ""Sign-posting and connectives""; ""Mediating essay material for the reader""; ""Making local edits""; ""Keep earlier drafts or discard them?""; ""UNIT 12: EDITING THE BEGINNING AND ENDING""; ""Particular prominence: the first paragraph""; ""Particular prominence: the last paragraph"" ""Beginnings, endings and essay structure""""UNIT 13: INCORPORATING OTHER PEOPLE'S WORDS INTO WHAT YOU WRITE""; ""Quotation and paraphrase""; ""Indicating where someone else's words come from""; ""Plagiarism""; ""UNIT 14: MISTAKES IN SPELLING, GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION""; ""What makes something a mistake and why does it matter?""; ""Problems with grammar""; ""Punctuation and the boundaries of the sentence: full stop, comma and semi-colon""; ""UNIT 15: HANDING IN""; ""Meeting your deadline""; ""Judging when your essay is finished""; ""Bibliography""; ""Footnotes and endnotes"" ""Abstract or summary"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784811603321 |
Fabb Nigel | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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