Academic writing as if readers matter / Leonard Cassuto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassuto, Leonard, 1960- author.

Series:

Skills for scholars (Princeton University Press)

Skills for scholars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing.

Authors and readers.

Physical Description:

ix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"A short, punchy, prescriptive guide to academic style and writing well for scholars-from students to professors, and humanists to scientists-interested in or in need of becoming better writers"-- Provided by publisher.

"A guide to writing with the reader in mind. If you want people to read your writing, it has to be readable. In Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, Leonard Cassuto offers academic writers a direct, practical prescription for writing that will be read and understood: Take care of your reader. With a wealth of examples from the arts and sciences, this short, witty book provides invaluable advice to writers at all levels, in all fields, on how to write better for both specialized and broad audiences.Good academic writing depends on connecting with readers, earning their time and attention. Cassuto offers tips and advice on how to sharpen arguments and make complex ideas compelling. He addresses the workings of introductions and conclusions, transitions, signposts, paragraphs, and sentences-all the building blocks of academic writing. He also shows how storytelling and metaphor can make your prose more engaging than you thought possible. And he explains the proper use of that most dangerous of tools: jargon.This book can make any academic writer-including you-into a better writer. That means becoming a better communicator of the ideas and discoveries you want the world to grasp. For the sake of readers inside the academy and beyond it, Academic Writing as if Readers Matter shows how and why you have to make your writing connect with the people you're writing for"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cassuto, Leonard, 1960- Academic writing as if readers matter

ISBN:

9780691263601

0691263604

9780691195797

069119579X

OCLC:

1415748465