Write Great Essays and Dissertations: Teach Yourself

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Write Winning Essays and Dissertations is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to improve their assessed written work. Whether you are in desperate need of help or just want advice on improving your writing style, this book will prove useful throughout your academic career and beyond. It will show you how to plan your work so that your argument is expressed clearly, how to use language to best effect and how to get the most out of your sources.



Write Winning Essays and Dissertations includes:

Part one - Where do I start?

Chapter 1: Before you begin

Chapter 2: How markers think

Chapter 3: Know your assignment

Chapter 4: Exams and dissertations

Chapter 5: Questions and topics

Part two - Building your answer

Chapter 6: Finding the right material

Chapter 7: Planning and structure

Chapter 8: Sections and paragraphs

Chapter 9: Introductions and conclusions

Chapter 10: Presentation Part three - Using language

Chapter 11: Academic style

Chapter 12: Punctuation matters

Chapter 13: Polish up your punctuation

Chapter 14: Making sentences make sense

Chapter 15: Grammar that works

Chapter 16: Spelling

Part four - Using sources

Chapter 17: Making sources work

Chapter 18: Plagiarism

Chapter 19: Referencing with author-date system

Chapter 20: Referencing with footnotes

Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

Not got much time?

One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

Test yourself

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge

Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.

Five things to remember

Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

Try this

Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.