Brilliant Academic Writing, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (December 14, 2012) © 2013

  • Bill Kirton RLF Writing Fellow
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An accessible, attractive guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to write successfully for any purpose on any course, whether it be essays, assignments, reports, reflective writing, exam questions, research reports, literature reviews - any type of academic writing, on any course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of academic writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of academic writing.

Table of contents

About the author

Author's acknowledgements

Publisher's acknowledgements

Introduction: Do as we say, not as we do

 

Part 1: Establishing the basics

Chapter 1: Developing good writing skills

Chapter 2: Giving markers what they want

Chapter 3: Getting started with academic writing

 

Part 2: Getting ready to write

Chapter 4: Learning how to read

Chapter 5: Turning reading into notes

Chapter 6: The bare bones of academic writing structures

Chapter 7: How to create a plan

 

Part 3: Writing, Editing and other essentials

Chapter 8: The conventions of academic writing

Chapter 9: The basics of sentences and paragraphs

Chapter 10: The importance of critical thinking

Chapter 11: Never ever plagiarise

Chapter 12: Quotations, citations and references

Chapter 13: The importance of the post-writing phases

Chapter 14: Making the most of feedback

 

Conclusion: Follow the conventions but be yourself

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