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The Academic Essay: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Revise (Studymates in Focus)
Who else wants to spend less time studying and get better grades ?
The academic essay is the mainstay of assessment from year-10 upwards. Yet formal training is rarely given and students spend unnecessary time struggling to get it right.
The book includes details on:
-researching your topic,
-writing a clear and succinct opening,
-using the right words and grammar,
-analysing and interpreting information,
-writing complete body paragraphs.
The book is ideal for:
– all students in full or part-time education from 14 upwards,
-teachers, tutors and parents who want to support their learners,
-University, College, Academy, UTC and Comprehensive school and town libraries,
-Adult students in further education and /or higher education.
The book contains lots of example material to help students to develop their essay skills.
' I used this book with my post-graduate students and they went up 2 grades in a term'
U.K. University Lecturer

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Publié par	Graham Lawler Media and Publishing
Date de parution	30 mars 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781842855478
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The Academic Essay

How to plan, draft, write and revise.

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The Academic Essay

How to plan, draft, write and revise.

rd 3 edition

Dr Derek Soles

In memory of my father

First Published by Studymates

This edition published 2020

978-1-84285-547-8

Studymates is a division of GLMP Ltd, www.graham-lawler.com

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Printed and Bound in Europe

Contents

Studymates

Preface to the Third Edition

1Getting Started Considering your reader Establishing your purpose Thinking about your topic Composing your thesis statement A Case Study

2Researching Your Topic Finding the right books Checking periodicals Searching the internet Consulting your librarian Our Case Study continued

3Making a Plan Planning an informative essay Planning a compare/contrast essay Planning a persuasive essay Conclusion Our Case Study continued

4Analysing and Interpreting Deîne the distinguishing featuresof the whole Dividing the whole into its component parts and analysing the parts

13 14 17 22 24 26

33 34 36 38 39 39

45 46 49 52 54 55

Interpreting the relationship of the parts to the whole Learning how to analyse and interpret

5Writing a Clear and SpeciIc Opening Sample introductory paragraph one Sample introductory paragraph two Sample introductory paragraph three Sample introductory paragraph four Sample introductory paragraph îve Our Case Study continued

6Writing Complete Body Paragraphs Composing a topic sentence Developing your topic sentence Maintaining paragraph unity Sample body paragraphs Our Case Study continued

Writing an Explicit Conclusion 7 Sample concluding paragraph one Sample concluding paragraph two Sample concluding paragraph three Sample concluding paragraph four Sample concluding paragraph îve

Our Case Study continued

8 Using Cohesive Ties between Sentences and Paragraphs Using transitional words and phrases Using repetition Using substitution Our Case Study continued

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67 68 69 70 71 73 74

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105 106 107 109 110

9Avoiding Errors in Sentence Grammar Pronoun case Pronoun reference Verb tense and mood

Avoiding Errors in Sentence 10 Structure Sentence fragments The run-on sentence Misplaced and dangling modiîers Faulty parallelism Wordiness

11Writing with Style Using subordination Effective parallelism Using word order effectively

Punctuating Your Sentences 12 Correctly Punctuation at the end of a sentence Punctuation within a sentence

Punctuation within a word

13Choosing the Best Words Establishing context Determining the meaning Choosing the right voice An example Our Case Study continued

Acknowledging Sources 14 Accurately and Completely Footnotes The References list

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133 134 136 139 142 143

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213 214 217

Bibliography

Our Case Study concluded

218 220

15225Writing the Examination Essay The purpose of the examination essay 225 The process of writing an effective examination essay 226 Other words of advice 229

Index

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Studymates

Preface to the Third Printed Edition

To succeed in your school, college, and university courses, you will be required to write many academic essays. Writing an academic essay is a demanding intellectual activity. You must read books and journal articles about your topic and surf the ‘Net for the best electronic sources, making careful and detailed notes as you proceed. You must analyse and synthesise these notes and from them develop a plan to guide you as you draft the paragraphs that will comprise your essay. You must write and revise your work, checking to make certain you are providing your readers with the detailed, authoritative information they expect. You must go through your paper yet again, this time proofreading and editing, correcting those errors in grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation, which can mar an otherwise solid effort. As if all of this were not challenge enough, you then must pass along all of your hard work to someone who probably knows even more than you do about the subject of your essay and about how to express knowledge about that subject clearly, persuasively,

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