Book
How to use your reading in your essays
Record details
- ISBN: 9781137294685
- ISBN: 113729468X
- ISBN: 9781137299819
- ISBN: 1137299819
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Physical Description:
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viii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Previous edition: 2009. Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: An example and overview of how reading is used in an essay -- Part A: Using your reading (Introduction: Key points for reading at university ; 1. How do you decide what to read? ; 2. How do you understand and question what you read? ; 3. What should you write down? ; 4. Why and how should you quote? ; 5. Why and how should you paraphrase? ; 6. Why and how should you summarise? ; 7. Putting it all together in your essay) -- Part B: Useful vocabulary (Introduction: Key points for developing your vocabulary ; 1. Introducing sources and using verbs precisely ; 2. Describing the views of different authors ; 3. Comparing the views of different authors and showing how they cite and evaluate each other ; 4. Commenting positively on a source ; 5. Commenting negatively on a source ; 6. Techniques for re-expressing sources ; 7. Vocabulary and writing style) -- Part C: Checking and correcting your work (Introduction: Key points for checking your work ; 1. Common mistakes with in-essay references ; 2. Ten grammatical areas that cause problems ; 3. Correcting other common types of error). |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Interurban Library | LB 2369 G573 2013 (Text) | 26040003306996 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
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