Brilliant essays. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ursula Hackett.
• Authors: Hackett, Ursula, 1988-
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- List of 'have a go' exercises -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Challenge of Writing Brilliant Essays -- How to read this book -- Top Ten Pitfalls in Essay Writing -- CHAPTER 1: Examining Assumptions in Questions -- Finding an assumption lurking beneath the surface -- Chapter 1 Exercises -- Examining assumptions in questions -- CHAPTER 2: Finding Comparator Classes in Questions -- Emphasizing words to find comparators -- Chapter 2 Exercises Finding comparator classes in questions -- Chapter 2 Exercises Finding comparator classes in questions CHAPTER 3: Interrogating Tensions in Questions -- BUT: Are your propositions complementary or in tension? -- OR: Are your options mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive? -- Why questions -- 'How', 'what' and 'when' questions -- Chapter 3 Exercises Interrogating tensions in questions -- Chapter 3 Exercises Interrogating tensions in questions -- Chapter 4: The Introduction Scale -- Level 1 introductions identify a question -- Level 2 introductions offer a bare 'agree' or 'disagree' -- Level 3 introductions present the author's view -- Level 4 introductions explain the author's view Chapter 4 Exercises The introduction scale -- Chapter 4 Exercises The introduction scale -- CHAPTER 5: Controlling Your Argument -- Be ruthless -- Avoid the voyage of discovery -- Don't move off-piste -- Spill the beans -- Chapter 5 Exercises Controlling your argument -- Chapter 5 Exercises Controlling your argument -- CHAPTER 6: Writing Elegantly -- Excessive signposting -- Compulsive hedging -- Writing about academia versus writing about the subject matter -- Avoid slipping between empirical and emotional statements -- Why get rid of hedging and signposting? Chapter 6 Exercises Writing elegantly -- Chapter 6 Exercises Writing elegantly -- CHAPTER 7: Using Empirical Evidence Effectively -- Be systematic in your approach -- Of what is this a case? Compared with what? -- Typical and telling cases -- Hard and easy cases -- Chapter 7 Exercises Using empirical evidence effectively -- Chapter 7 Exercises Using empirical evidence effectively -- CHAPTER 8: Syllogisms and Summaries -- Summarizing effectively by paraphrasing an argument -- Using syllogisms to boost the power of your arguments -- Using syllogisms to problematize a question Chapter 8 Exercises Syllogisms and summaries -- Chapter 8 Exercises Syllogisms and summaries -- CHAPTER 9: Losing the Training Wheels -- Training wheel #1: The pro-con procedure -- Training wheel #2: Eliminating all uses of the word 'I' -- Training wheel #3: Defining your terms and moving on -- Getting rid of tired old formulas for essay writing -- Chapter 9 Exercises Losing the training wheels -- Chapter 9 Exercises Losing the training wheels -- CHAPTER 10: Reading Critically -- Active reading -- Note-taking -- Questions to ask yourself as you read
• Publisher Details: London : Red Globe Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808.4; Essay -- Authorship; Essay -- Technique; Academic writing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781352011388; 1352011387
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2021).
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