Students Must Write - Softcover

Barrass, Robert

 
9780415132220: Students Must Write

Synopsis

The second edition of this established text contains everything students need to know about written communication. Includes advice on writing essays, letters, preparing a dissertation and on how to find out information for a project or essay

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Review

'Admirably concise book ... one of the very best, and the cheapest.' -- Biologist

'His advice is punctuated with well-chosen quotations from famous writers, inciting that they struggle too.' -- Roy Johnson, amazon.com

Synopsis

This guide to better writing for students of all subjects may be read as an alternative to a course on written communication or to complement such a course. It provides advice on the essentials of scholarly writing, on the choice and use of words, on writing for easy reading, on writing in tests and examinations, on giving a short talk, on writing letters and applications and on punctuation and spelling. Other topics include: answering questions in course work; the use of numbers, tables and illustrations to support your writing; how to find information, cite sources and list bibliographic details correctly; and how to prepare a dissertation, extended essay, term paper or project report.

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