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Writing Essays For Dummies PDF

Do ever wish that you could write the perfect university essay? Are you left baffled about where to start? This easy-to-use guide walks you through the nuts and bolts of academic writing, helping you develop your essay-writing skills and achieve higher marks. From identifying the essay type and planning a structure, to honing your research skills, managing your time, finding an essay voice, and referencing correctly, Writing Essays For Dummies shows you how to stay on top of each stage of the essay-writing process, to help you produce a well-crafted and confident final document. Writing Essays For Dummies covers: Part I: Navigating a World of Information  Chapter 1: Mapping Your Way: Starting to Write Essays Chapter 2: Identifying the essay type Part II: Researching, Recording and Reformulating Chapter 3: Eyes Down: Academic reading  Chapter 4: Researching Online Chapter 5: Note-taking and Organising your Material  Chapter 6: Avoiding Plagiarism                                                              Part III: Putting Pen to Paper   ...

Chapter List (295 chapters):

• Chapter 1: Writing Essays for Dummies®
• Chapter 2: Introduction
• Chapter 3: About This book
• Chapter 4: Conventions Used in This Book
• Chapter 5: How This Book Is Organised
• Chapter 6: Part I: Navigating a World of Information
• Chapter 7: Part II: Researching, Recording and Reformulating
• Chapter 8: Part III: Mastering Language and Style
• Chapter 9: Part IV: Tightening Your Structure and Organisation
• Chapter 10: Part V: Finishing with a Flourish: The Final Touches
• Chapter 11: Part VI: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 12: Icons Used in This Book
• Chapter 13: Where to Go from Here
• Chapter 14: Part I: Navigating a World of Information
• Chapter 15: Chapter 1: Mapping Your Way: Starting to Write Essays
• Chapter 16: Transitioning to University-level Writing
• Chapter 17: Writing at school
• Chapter 18: Writing at undergraduate level
• Chapter 19: Writing at postgraduate level
• Chapter 20: Getting the Genre Right
• Chapter 21: Writing an essay, not creative prose
• Chapter 22: Writing an essay, not a newspaper article
• Chapter 23: Writing an essay, not a report
• Chapter 24: Crafting Your Essay: Stages in the Writing Process
• Chapter 25: Stage 1: Analysing the title
• Chapter 26: Stage 2: Making a timetable
• Chapter 27: Stage 3: Gathering data
• Chapter 28: Stage 4: Brainstorming and planning
• Chapter 29: Stage 5: Writing the first draft
• Chapter 30: Stage 6: Revising your draft
• Chapter 31: Stage 7: Checking and polishing
• Chapter 32: The final hurdle: Handing in
• Chapter 33: Becoming a Successful Essay Writer
• Chapter 34: Just write, write, write
• Chapter 35: Giving yourself enough time
• Chapter 36: Changing your mindset
• Chapter 37: Chapter 2: Getting Going and Keeping Going
• Chapter 38: Getting Ready to Write
• Chapter 39: Finding out what helps you to work
• Chapter 40: Organising yourself
• Chapter 41: Overcoming Writer’s Block
• Chapter 42: Challenging your fears
• Chapter 43: Writing something – anything – and rewording it
• Chapter 44: Talking before you write
• Chapter 45: Visualising the final product
• Chapter 46: Forgetting about the essay for a while
• Chapter 47: Sleeping on it
• Chapter 48: Reading something different
• Chapter 49: Getting your blood flowing
• Chapter 50: Doing something that makes you feel good
• Chapter 51: Keeping Yourself on Track
• Chapter 52: Planning large scale
• Chapter 53: Planning small scale
• Chapter 54: Thinking half hours not whole hours
• Chapter 55: Dividing work into manageable chunks
• Chapter 56: Rewarding yourself
• Chapter 57: Getting Help: Using Other Students as a Sounding Board
• Chapter 58: Recognising What Helps You to Write
• Chapter 59: Chapter 3: Working Out the Essay Type
• Chapter 60: Finding Out What to Write About
• Chapter 61: Unpicking keywords
• Chapter 62: Looking for function words
• Chapter 63: Identifying Different Frameworks
• Chapter 64: Knowing what you do for all frameworks
• Chapter 65: Examining types of essay
• Chapter 66: Making your story flow
• Chapter 67: Planning Around Your Framework
• Chapter 68: Part II: Researching, Recording and Reformulating
• Chapter 69: Chapter 4: Eyes Down: Academic Reading
• Chapter 70: Reading Academically: How It Differs
• Chapter 71: Using Your Reading List
• Chapter 72: Knowing which books to read
• Chapter 73: Finding the books on your list
• Chapter 74: Moving Beyond the Reading List: Searching for Literature
• Chapter 75: Using the library catalogue
• Chapter 76: Calling on the experts
• Chapter 77: Using Articles from Journals
• Chapter 78: Brushing Up Your Reading Techniques
• Chapter 79: Reading smartly
• Chapter 80: Reading online
• Chapter 81: Reading faster
• Chapter 82: Putting it all together: The SQ3R technique
• Chapter 83: Reading critically
• Chapter 84: Chapter 5: Researching Online
• Chapter 85: Exercising Caution as You Surf
• Chapter 86: Getting Started: Using Popular Websites
• Chapter 87: Checking out key websites
• Chapter 88: Broadening the Net
• Chapter 89: Working with Wikipedia or not?
• Chapter 90: Finding Academically Acceptable Websites
• Chapter 91: Recognising scholarly sites
• Chapter 92: Determining sources and authors
• Chapter 93: Scoping the scope
• Chapter 94: Being wary of bias
• Chapter 95: Assuring accuracy
• Chapter 96: Checking currency
• Chapter 97: Completing your checklist
• Chapter 98: Searching with keywords and other terms
• Chapter 99: Chapter 6: Note Taking and Organising Your Material
• Chapter 100: Preparing to Take Notes
• Chapter 101: Stocking up on supplies
• Chapter 102: Creating a filing system
• Chapter 103: Working with index cards
• Chapter 104: Annotating: Marking Up Texts in a Useful Manner
• Chapter 105: Writing in your books
• Chapter 106: Working with PowerPoint handouts
• Chapter 107: Finding your own mark-up system
• Chapter 108: Colour coding
• Chapter 109: Making a Page of Notes
• Chapter 110: Selecting what’s important for you
• Chapter 111: Laying out your notes
• Chapter 112: Drawing and making diagrams
• Chapter 113: Creating your own shorthand
• Chapter 114: Stopping the Notes and Starting to Write
• Chapter 115: Knowing when to move on
• Chapter 116: Turning your notes into a plan
• Chapter 117: Chapter 7: Avoiding Plagiarism
• Chapter 118: Understanding Plagiarism
• Chapter 119: Falling into the copycat trap
• Chapter 120: Seeing how tutors catch you out
• Chapter 121: Considering the consequences
• Chapter 122: Keeping on the Straight and Narrow
• Chapter 123: Writing in Your Own Words
• Chapter 124: Paraphrasing
• Chapter 125: Summarising
• Chapter 126: Part III: Mastering Language and Style
• Chapter 127: Chapter 8: Writing with Confidence: Brushing Up Your Grammar
• Chapter 128: Punctuating Properly
• Chapter 129: Capitalising Correctly
• Chapter 130: Using Different Parts of Speech
• Chapter 131: Verbs
• Chapter 132: Nouns
• Chapter 133: Pronouns
• Chapter 134: Adjectives
• Chapter 135: Adverbs
• Chapter 136: Prepositions and conjunctions
• Chapter 137: Interjections
• Chapter 138: Chapter 9: Penning the Perfect Paragraph
• Chapter 139: Understanding Paragraphs
• Chapter 140: Thinking about types of paragraph
• Chapter 141: Looking at the dos and don’ts
• Chapter 142: Structuring a Paragraph
• Chapter 143: Following the process
• Chapter 144: Penning a topic sentence
• Chapter 145: Writing supporting sentences
• Chapter 146: Considering sentence length
• Chapter 147: Ensuring Coherence and Logical Flow
• Chapter 148: Ordering sentences within the paragraph for coherence
• Chapter 149: Making the language flow
• Chapter 150: Signposting your sentences and paragraphs
• Chapter 151: Checking for coherence and flow
• Chapter 152: Chapter 10: Writing in the Academic Style
• Chapter 153: Adopting the Right Tone of Voice
• Chapter 154: Remembering your audience
• Chapter 155: Being modest
• Chapter 156: Being cautious
• Chapter 157: Be careful with your attitude
• Chapter 158: Writing in a Formal Style
• Chapter 159: Using ‘I’ in your essay
• Chapter 160: Active or passive?
• Chapter 161: Avoiding overstatements
• Chapter 162: Expanding contractions
• Chapter 163: Keeping your eyes peeled for clichés
• Chapter 164: Steering clear of slang
• Chapter 165: Using a wide range of language
• Chapter 166: Using the right specialist words
• Chapter 167: Minimising your use of long words
• Chapter 168: Substituting phrasal verbs
• Chapter 169: Never using formatting or punctuation for effect
• Chapter 170: Remaining Objective
• Chapter 171: Avoiding Biased Language
• Chapter 172: Being Clear, Concise and Precise
• Chapter 173: Being specific
• Chapter 174: Cutting out unnecessary fluff
• Chapter 175: Steering clear of complicated sentences
• Chapter 176: Writing statements not questions
• Chapter 177: Finding Your Own Voice
• Chapter 178: Seeing your writing as part of a process
• Chapter 179: Working with feedback
• Chapter 180: Taking it at your own pace
• Chapter 181: Part IV: Tightening Your Structure and Organisation
• Chapter 182: Chapter 11: Preparing the Aperitif: The Introduction
• Chapter 183: Understanding the Aims of Your Introduction
• Chapter 184: Knowing What to Include
• Chapter 185: Covering the conventions of intros
• Chapter 186: Defining keywords and terms
• Chapter 187: Writing a thesis statement
• Chapter 188: Exploring alternative openings
• Chapter 189: Coming Back to the Introduction at the End
• Chapter 190: Avoiding Common Mistakes
• Chapter 191: Chapter 12: Serving the Main Course: The Essay’s Body
• Chapter 192: Developing a Position
• Chapter 193: Using Different Types of Writing
• Chapter 194: Descriptive writing
• Chapter 195: Analytical writing
• Chapter 196: Reflective writing
• Chapter 197: Keeping a Balanced View
• Chapter 198: Knowing what counts as evidence
• Chapter 199: Reading with critical eyes
• Chapter 200: Stating your opinion
• Chapter 201: Incorporating Quotations
• Chapter 202: Using Visuals
• Chapter 203: Presenting visual information
• Chapter 204: Interpreting visual information
• Chapter 205: Summarising information in charts
• Chapter 206: Chapter 13: Dishing Up Dessert: The Conclusion
• Chapter 207: Knowing How to Conclude
• Chapter 208: Understanding what a conclusion does
• Chapter 209: Getting the content right
• Chapter 210: Writing the Conclusion
• Chapter 211: Drawing all the threads together
• Chapter 212: Pointing forward
• Chapter 213: Striking the right tone
• Chapter 214: Getting the length right
• Chapter 215: Realising that writing your conclusion can change your essay
• Chapter 216: Evaluating Your Conclusion
• Chapter 217: Checking your work
• Chapter 218: Asking yourself ‘So what?’
• Chapter 219: Making the final check
• Chapter 220: Chapter 14: Acknowledging Sources of Information
• Chapter 221: Understanding the Importance of Referencing
• Chapter 222: Bearing in Mind Some Basics
• Chapter 223: Getting to Grips with the Jargon
• Chapter 224: Pinning Down Your Referencing Style
• Chapter 225: Using Harvard (a.k.a. author/date)
• Chapter 226: Working with footnotes
• Chapter 227: Quoting within Your Essay
• Chapter 228: Citing the author in the text
• Chapter 229: Quoting directly
• Chapter 230: Quoting indirectly
• Chapter 231: Slotting a short quotation into your sentence
• Chapter 232: Dealing with longer quotations
• Chapter 233: Listing References at the End of Your Work
• Chapter 234: Part V: Finishing with a Flourish: The Final Touches
• Chapter 235: Chapter 15: Editing and Proofreading: It’s All in the Detail
• Chapter 236: Knowing the Difference between Editing and Proofreading
• Chapter 237: Editing: Casting a Critical Eye over What You’re Saying
• Chapter 238: Considering content
• Chapter 239: Examining structure
• Chapter 240: Addressing style
• Chapter 241: Ensuring that your essay’s the correct length
• Chapter 242: Proofreading: Dotting the Is and crossing the Ts
• Chapter 243: Knowing what to look for
• Chapter 244: Using different proofreading techniques
• Chapter 245: Chapter 16: Perfecting Your Presentation
• Chapter 246: Looking Good: First Impressions
• Chapter 247: Picking paper
• Chapter 248: Perfecting pages
• Chapter 249: Binding
• Chapter 250: Creating a cover sheet
• Chapter 251: Looking Good: On Closer Inspection
• Chapter 252: Choosing the right font and font size
• Chapter 253: Styling headings and subheadings
• Chapter 254: Using italics
• Chapter 255: Spacing adequately
• Chapter 256: Incorporating data into your essay
• Chapter 257: Finishing Off
• Chapter 258: Running through your checklist
• Chapter 259: Kissing the essay goodbye
• Chapter 260: Chapter 17: Moving On: Results and Feedback
• Chapter 261: Congratulating Yourself on What You Achieve
• Chapter 262: Noting what you’ve done well
• Chapter 263: Focusing on positive feedback
• Chapter 264: Understanding What the Marks Mean
• Chapter 265: Coping with Getting a Lower Mark than You Hoped For
• Chapter 266: Dealing with disappointment
• Chapter 267: Talking to your tutor
• Chapter 268: Taking action to improve
• Chapter 269: Taking advantage of other support
• Chapter 270: Moving On to the Next Essay
• Chapter 271: Part VI: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 272: Chapter 18: Ten Troubleshooting Tips
• Chapter 273: Oops! I’ve Written Too Many Words
• Chapter 274: Uh-oh … My Essay Is Too Short
• Chapter 275: Eeek! I’ll Never Finish On Time!
• Chapter 276: I’m Having Technological Torments
• Chapter 277: My Writing Is Just Appalling
• Chapter 278: I’m Not Sure I’ve Answered the Question
• Chapter 279: I Think My References Are All Wrong
• Chapter 280: I Don’t Really Understand the Reading
• Chapter 281: I Hate My Course and Can’t Be Bothered
• Chapter 282: I Can’t Find Any Mistakes – Is That Really Okay?
• Chapter 283: Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Writing Essays in Exams
• Chapter 284: Planning for Exams from the Start
• Chapter 285: Managing Your Time
• Chapter 286: Trying Different Revision Techniques
• Chapter 287: Using What’s Gone Before
• Chapter 288: Being Good to Yourself
• Chapter 289: Gearing Up
• Chapter 290: Writing by Hand
• Chapter 291: Dealing with Exam Nerves
• Chapter 292: Answering the Question
• Chapter 293: Presenting the Examiner with a Polished Product
• Chapter 294: Index
• Chapter 295: Cheat Sheet

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