How to Write an Essay
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Format: E-book
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9788740305715
Description: If you’re at high school, college or university, you’ll almost certainly need to write essays. More and more students are being asked to produce written assignments, even in physics and mathematics.

Writing an essay means more than finding and recording facts. It means thinking critically: analysing material and reaching a conclusion. It means showing that you understand the material you’ve been studying. Above all, it means presenting a coherent argument.

Learning to write essays also prepares us for life beyond college. In the real world, more and more of us need to be able to express ideas clearly, with good grammar and a flexible style. Essay writing gives us the skills to become more effective citizens.

And yet, all too often, students are not offered the skills and techniques to write effective essays.

How do you start? What kind of words should you use? Are you entitled to offer your own views on a subject?

*How to Write an Essay* will make life easier for you. It will help you produce an essay that your tutor will appreciate, and that will do you credit.
Table of contents: title: About the author
pagenum: 7; title: Introduction
pagenum: 8; label: 1
title: Why write essays?
pagenum: 10; label: 1.1
title: Your reasons for writing
pagenum: 11; label: 1.2
title: What your tutor is looking for
pagenum: 14; label: 1.3
title: The real reason for writing a good essay
pagenum: 16; label: 2
title: What is an essay?
pagenum: 18; label: 2.1
title: The three defining features of an essay
pagenum: 19; label: 2.2
title: Joining the academic conversation
pagenum: 26; label: 3
title: Get going!
pagenum: 28; label: 3.1
title: Procrastination: the art of putting it off
pagenum: 29; label: 3.2
title: Getting to grips with writing
pagenum: 31; label: 3.3
title: Getting to grips with study
pagenum: 35; label: 3.4
title: Essay writing in three stages: plan; draft; edit
pagenum: 37; label: 4
title: Answering the question
pagenum: 40; label: 4.1
title: Understanding the question
pagenum: 41; label: 4.2
title: Creating a thesis statement
pagenum: 52; label: 5
title: Constructing an outline
pagenum: 71; label: 5.1
title: Creating a frame of reference
pagenum: 73; label: 5.2
title: Supporting your thesis statement: building a pyramid
pagenum: 74; label: 6
title: Drafting
pagenum: 81; label: 6.1
title: From head to page: ten tips for drafting more easily
pagenum: 83; label: 6.2
title: Illustrating, citing and quoting (and avoiding plagiarism)
pagenum: 85; label: 6.3
title: Grabbing the reader’s attention: the introduction
pagenum: 92; label: 6.4
title: Ending well: writing the conclusion
pagenum: 98; label: 7
title: Editing
pagenum: 102; label: 7.1
title: Why edit?
pagenum: 104; label: 7.2
title: Bringing paragraphs under control
pagenum: 105; label: 7.3
title: Constructing straightforward sentences
pagenum: 109; label: 7.4
title: Using words well
pagenum: 112; label: 7.5
title: Developing your style
pagenum: 118; label: 8
title: Dealing with feedback
pagenum: 124; label: 8.1
title: Presenting your essay well
pagenum: 127; label: 8.2
title: Making the most of feedback
pagenum: 128; label: 9
title: Appendix: where to go from here
pagenum: 131; title: Book list
pagenum: 131; title: Web sites and links
pagenum: 132