Success in Academic Writing

✍ Scribed by Trevor Day

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Macmillan Education UK
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Series: Palgrave study skills
• Edition: 2. edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Academic writing, like other forms of writing, needs to be tailored to its specific context - its audience and purpose. Taking you step-by-step through the writing process and packed with top tips and self-study activities throughout, this guide will help you to develop confidence, technique and clarity as a writer in your discipline.;Whether you are writing academically for the very first time or in your final year of study, this guide will help give you the edge to succeed. [Publisher's note]

✦ Table of Contents

1. The Nature and Process of Academic Writing.- 2. Understanding the Nature of an Assignment.- 3. Two Popular Types of Assignment.- 4. Researching an Assignment.- 5. Being a Purposeful Reader and Note-Taker.- 6. Planning and Structuring More Assignments.- 7. Composing.- 8. Words and Images.- 9. Citing, Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism.- 10. Reviewing and Editing Your Work.- 11. Using Technology to Help You.- 12. Building on Success.

✦ Subjects

Academic writing