DDC classification: 808.02 COO Online resources: Click here for eBook
Summary: From first steps to final submission, this guide takes students through each stage of the assignment-writing process and equips them with the skills they need to construct and develop convincing academic arguments. It offers practical advice on forming ideas, structuring arguments and finding your academic voice. The authors provide valuable guidance on a number of important subtleties in academic writing, including expressing reservations or enthusiasm in academic writing and using evidence to convey different viewpoints. The second edition contains new material on synthesizing ideas from different sources, as well as more varied examples of what 'finding your academic voice means' in the context of different assignments, including blogs and observations.
DDC classification: 153.4 COT Online resources: Click here for eBook
Summary: Critical Thinking Skills provides an easy to follow, step by step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks such as reading, note-making and writing. A complex subject is broken down into easy to understand blocks, with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage. Students can use this book to: Critically assess other people’s arguments; Recognise flawed reasoning; Evaluate the material used to support arguments; Apply critical thinking when reading, writing and making notes; and Write excellent essays and reports. The 4th edition features a new section on argument mapping techniques, which help readers to visualize the structures of an argument. It also contains new and updated examples that link to current affairs, showing the importance of critical thinking as a lifelong skill.
DDC classification: 808.4 GRE
Summary: This guide takes students through each step of the essay writing process, enabling them to tackle written assignments with confidence. Students will develop their ability to analyse complex concepts, evaluate and critically engage with arguments, communicate their ideas clearly and concisely and generate more ideas of their own. Chapters are short and succinct and cover topics such as reading purposefully, note-taking, essay writing in exams and avoiding plagiarism.
DDC classification: 808.3 HAW Online resources: Click here for eBook
Summary: Updated throughout to explore more sub-genres of the novel, disability studies as a critical approach, and literatures of the apartheid in relation to world literature, the book also now includes a whole new chapter exploring the expansion and diversification of the canon studied to consider digital advances, the study of popular fiction genres, the graphic form, and children’s literature. Providing a complete guide to studying the novel in one easy-to-read volume, the book covers: The form of the novel; The history of the novel, from its earliest days to new electronic forms; Realism, modernism and postmodernism and contemporary fiction; Analysing fiction: narrative, character, structure, theme and dialogue; Critical approaches to studying the novel; Practical guidance on critical reading, secondary criticism, electronic resources and essay writing; and Versions and adaptations.
Academic Phrasebank : A guide containing English phrases that are used in academic writing created by University of Manchester.
Zotero: A referencing management tool which can save you time writing those reference lists.
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