TY - BOOK AU - Kirton, Bill, TI - Brilliant essay SN - 9780273743750 PY - 2011/// CY - PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - PE ENGLISH PHILOLOGY AND LANGUAGE KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Problems KW - Essay KW - Authorship KW - Report writing KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - HOW TO WRITE ACADEMIC PAPERS IN ENGLISH N1 - what you need to know and how to do it; Part 1: Establishing the basics; Chapter 1: Developing good writing skills--; Chapter 2: Giving markers what they want--; Chapter 3: Getting started with academic writing--; --; Part 2: The research phase--; Chapter 4: Learning how to read--; Chapter 5: Libraries are more than just books--; Chapter 6: Turning reading into notes--; Chapter 7: The importance of critical thinking--; --; Part 3: Getting ready to write--; Chapter 8: The bare bones of academic writing structures--; Chapter 9: How to create a plan--; --; Part 4: The writing phase--; Chapter 10: The conventions of academic writing--; Chapter 11: The basics of sentences and paragraphs--; Chapter 12: Good grammar--; Chapter 13: Punctuation matters--; Chapter 14: Spelling it right--; Chapter 15: Expanding your vocabulary--; --; Part 5: Editing and other essentials--; Chapter 16: The importance of the post-writing phases--; Chapter 17: Never ever plagiarise--; Chapter 18: Quotations, citations and references--; --; Part 6: Maximising your potential--; Chapter19: The elements and advantages of good presentation--; Chapter 20: Making the most of feedback--; Chapter 21: Essays in exams--; --; Conclusion: Take the advice but be yourself-- N2 - An accessible guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to write successful essays and assignments on any HE course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of academic writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of planning, researching, writing, revising and referencing a successful essay ER -