Get a Better Grade
eBook - ePub

Get a Better Grade

Seven Steps to Excellent Essays and Assignments

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Get a Better Grade

Seven Steps to Excellent Essays and Assignments

About this book

Not sure how to start your essay or prepare for a presentation?  Worried about how to structure your report?  Questioning what a good assignment actually looks like?

With encouraging, jargon-free advice and a clearly defined seven-step plan to getting better grades, this book takes the fear out of academic writing and gives you the tools you need to succeed.  Punchy and packed with the dos and don'ts of good writing, it helps you improve your grades quickly and with minimal hassle.

Covering not just essays, but also group work, reports, reviews, research projects, journaling, and presentations, it provides effective tips on:

  • Defeating writers' block
  • Identifying and using relevant sources
  • Planning and outlining strategies
  • Building arguments and providing evidence
  • Developing critical and analytical thinking
  • Cultivating writing style
  • Mastering presentation.

Focused on explaining and demonstrating the core requirements of academic assignments through detailed examples, this book provides all the support you need to build confidence and produce high-quality assignments. 

The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips and resources for study success!

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Summary of Contents
  7. Contents
  8. About the Authors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 The Literature Identifying and Using Relevant Key Books and Papers
  12. 2 Planning Your Essay
  13. 3 Criticality: Rational Reflection Reasons, Arguments and Evidence
  14. 4 Criticality: Critical Thinking
  15. 5 Criticality: Analytic Thinking
  16. 6 Originality
  17. 7 Presentation and Academic Conventions
  18. 8 Other Forms of Assignment
  19. 9 Oral Assignments: Lectures and Short Talks
  20. Appendices
  21. Appendix 1 Checklists
  22. Appendix 2 Punctuation
  23. Appendix 3 Further Reading
  24. Appendix 4 Feedback for Chapter Exercises
  25. Index