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Writing better essays / Chris Baker, Ross Vermeer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Chris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Report writing.
- English language--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Academic writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Open University of Hong Kong Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- ""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""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 962-7707-79-1
- OCLC:
- 694146399
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