| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Macmillan study skills
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Essential features of academic writing -- Appropriate writing style -- Correct conventions for using sources -- Clear structure and layout -- Coherent flow of ideas -- Accurate use of language -- Part II: Types of university written assignments -- Essays -- Case studies -- Reports -- Literature reviews -- Research proposals -- Part III: Developing your writing -- Aspects of development -- Methods of organisation -- Introductions and conclusions -- Paragraph structure and construction -- Techniques for developing your writing -- Part IV: Presenting a point of view: argumentation -- The elements of argumentation -- The issue and thesis statement -- Structuring the argument -- Building the argument -- Argumentative essays for study -- Part V: Putting it all together -- Essay 1: Analytical: comparison and contrast -- Essay 2: Analytical response -- Essay 3: Analytical and discursive -- Essay 4: Analytical -- Essay 5: Discursive -- Essay 6: Case study -- Essay 7: Discursive -- Appendix A: Answers to practice activities -- Appendix B: Language charts -- Appendix C: A glossary of grammatical terms |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Academic writing
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English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers
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English language -- Study and teaching
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English language -- Examinations, questions, etc
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English language -- Problems, exercises, etc
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Genre/Form |
Examinations.
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Problems and exercises.
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Textbooks
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| ISBN |
9781352003765 (electronic book) |
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1352003767 (electronic book) |
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