Doing essays & assignments : essential tips for students
By: Greasley, Peter
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BookPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2016.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1473912075; 9781473912076; 9781473912069; 1473912067Other title: Doing essays and assignments.Subject(s): Academic writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 808.066 GR DO
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| 808.066 BI SU Succeeding with your masters dissertation : a step-by-step handbook | 808.066 EV HO How to write a better thesis or report / | 808.066 FU DO Doing your masters dissertation : from start to finish / | 808.066 GR DO Doing essays & assignments : | 808.066 HA ST Storycraft : the complete guide to writing narrative nonfiction / | 808.066 LE WR Write great essays! / | 808.066 LE WR Write great essays! / |
Previous edition: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-207) and index.
Why you should read this book (and keep it to yourself) -- An insight into the marking process -- How to impress and how to distress markers -- Before you start, some rules of the game -- Getting started, and getting finished -- Reading and researching the literature -- Introductions, conclusions, and structure -- What was the question again? -- Critical analysis, perspective, and argument -- The greatest source of 'marker distress' : language, grammar, and expression -- Referencing : an academic fetish for the anally retentive? -- Plagiarism -- How not to present graphs and charts -- Presenting your assignment :first impressions count -- Feedback and feed-forward -- Writing research/project reports -- Doing a systematic literature review -- Presentations: A fate worse than death -- Group project work, or 'hell is other people'.