Provides the guidance and advice you need to improve your essay-writing skills. This book opens with a discussion of why it is so important to write a good essay, and proceeds through a step-by-step exploration of what you should consider to improve your essays and marks. It is useful for students of various ages.
Nigel Warburton, bestselling author and experienced lecturer, provides all the guidance and advice you need to dramatically improve your essay-writing skills. The book opens with a discussion of why it is so important to write a good essay, and proceeds through a step-by-step exploration of exactly what you should consider to improve your essays and marks.
You will find help on how to:
focus on answering the question asked
research and plan your essay
build and sustain an argument
improve your writing style and tone.
The Basics of Essay Writing is packed full of good advice and practical exercises. Students of all ages and in every subject area will find it an easy-to-use and indispensable aid to their studies.
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Ill be tackling my next essay with Nigel Warburtons The Basics of Essay Writing in one hand and a pen in the other. Higher Education Academy Network, UK Ill be tackling my next essay with Nigel Warburtons The Basics of Essay Writing in one hand and a pen in the other. Higher Education Academy Network, UK
How to Use This Book
1. Whats the Point?
2. Start Writing
3. Answer the
Question
4. Research and Planning
5. Make a Case
6. Beginnings, Middles, Ends
7. Plagiarism, Quotation, Reference
8. The Craft of Writing
9. Exam Essays
10. How to Improve your Essay Writing. Acknowledgements. Further Reading
Nigel Warburton is freelance philosopher. He is author of several books for Routledge including Philosophy: The Classics, Philosophy: Basic Readings, Thinking from AZ, and The Basics of Essay Writing.