
Write Great Essays
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- The strange world of the university - Read this first!
- Introduction
- Part 1 Getting started
- Chapter 1 'I'm a slow reader
- Chapter 2 Three stages in academic learning
- Chapter 3 Making notes and translating 'academic-speak'
- Chapter 4 Coping with monster reading lists
- Part 2 Reading purposes and strategies
- Chapter 5 What are you reading for?
- Chapter 6 Exploratory reading (1): How to get an overview
- Chapter 7 Exploratory reading (2): How to use the World Wide Web
- Chapter 8 Targeted reading: How to find and use key terms
- Chapter 9 Dedicated reading: How to master a text
- Chapter 10 How to work with secondary sources
- Part 3 Writing essays
- Chapter 11 Discovering what's wanted from you (1): How to clarify the topic
- Chapter 12 Discovering what's wanted from you (2): Traps to avoid
- Chapter 13 Essay types
- Chapter 14 How to figure out your teachers' mindsets
- Chapter 15 How your essay will be marked (1): 'Tick-box' marking
- Chapter 16 How your essay will be marked (2): Impressionistic marking
- Chapter 17 Thinking it through: the importance of methodology
- Chapter 18 How to create an essay plan
- Chapter 19 Titles, abstracts, executive summaries and appendices
- Chapter 20 How to use quotations
- Chapter 21 The drawbacks of model essays
- Chapter 22 The process of writing
- Chapter 23 Writer 's block and how to overcome it
- Part 4 Referencing styles
- Chapter 24 How to use and cite sources
- Chapter 25 Which style to choose?
- Chapter 26 How to capture and list details of your sources
- Part 5 Plagiarism and collusion
- Chapter 27 The conscientious student's predicament
- Chapter 28 How academic learning forces you to plagiarize
- Chapter 29 Avoiding accusations of plagiarism
- Chapter 30 The politics of plagiarism
- Notes and references
- Books on speed reading
- Acknowledgments
- Back cover
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