Brilliant Writing Tips for Students
Author:   Julia Copus (Royal Literary Fund, UK and University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781350439573


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Format:   Paperback
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A must have for anyone who needs help improving their academic writing. Packed with top tips on grammar, structure and style, this handy guide provides succinct and practical guidance on students' most common writing concerns. Each tip is accompanied by authentic examples of student writing, suggested rewrites and useful exercises. Lively illustrations help students to understand and remember essential principles of grammar and punctuation, and end-of-chapter checklists help them to develop effective proofreading skills. The second edition has been restructured for easier navigation and includes updated examples and new illustrations. This compact and concise book is a must-have for students of all levels, and a valuable resource for teachers needing no-nonsense explanations of key punctuation and grammar points.

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Author:   Julia Copus (Royal Literary Fund, UK and University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 10.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 13.00cm
Weight:   0.160kg
ISBN:  

9781350439573


ISBN 10:   1350439576
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: SENTENCE STRUCTURE What Makes a Sentence a Sentence? The Secret of Clear Sentences PART II: PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE How to Build a Paragraph Using Topic Sentences to Define your Paragraphs PART III: PUNCTUATION Full Stop or Comma? The Comma The Colon The Semicolon The Apostrophe PART IV: STYLE Maintaining Clarity in Longer Sentences Parallel Sentence Structure Placing Key Concepts at the End of a Sentence Beware of Overusing Abstract Nouns Can I Use the First Person ('I')? PART V: AT A GLANCE How to Improve your Writing Style – a Checklist Useful Phrases for Essay Writing Index.

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Julia Copus is an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund, UK, an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, UK and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK. She has published four collections of poetry, including The World's Two Smallest Humans (2012), shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Poetry Award, and Girlhood (2019).

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