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Whether you’re writing a paper, essay, assignment, or dissertation, this short and punchy book helps you improve your writing skills through minimal effort. Providing you with a quick set of writing rules to follow, this tried and tested guide uses a unique and easy to follow grid-based system. Packed with advice on understanding (big and little) common errors made in academic writing, it helps you identify patterns in your own writing and demonstrates how to reshape or re-evaluate them - and raise your writing game in any academic context. How-to tutorials include: • Synthesizing and critiquing literature – and using your coding sheet to develop critical arguments • Shaping abstracts, introductions, discussions, and conclusions – to improve the logic and structure of your writing • Applying lessons-learned to future projects, whatever format of academic writing. Save time and improve your grades, with this essential quick fix guide! SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!
What am I Supposed to Do in My Paper?
What am I Supposed to Do in My Paper?
In the last chapter, some of the “big” and “little” errors that students make in their papers were discussed at length. I argued that the two types of error were qualitatively different and ought to be treated differently from one another. One reason why I introduced you to the common errors before I presented an alternative way of writing was that I wanted you to learn what not to do before you attempted to write your own papers. In this chapter, I again want to begin with what not to do in the context of general social science writing before we examine the first step in the ...
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