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Brilliant Academic Writing

Brilliant Academic Writing

Bill Kirton

Jul 2012, Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN13: 9780273775133
ISBN10: 0273775138
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Write Brilliantly at university - whatever your course!

An accessible, attractive guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to wite 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.

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

Bill Kirton is an experienced lecturer and writer who most recently held the post of Royal Literary Fund Writing fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews.

Jonathan Weyers and Kathleen McMillan both work at the University of Dundee. Both have been teaching and lecturing for over 25 years and latterly have specialised in the transferable skills area. They have a track record of collaborative writing and achievement in this area.

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