中文名: 學生的寫作指南：如何寫出好文章
原名: A Student's Writing Guide: How to Plan and Write Successful Essays
作者: Gordon Taylor
資源格式: PDF
版本: 文字版
出版社: Cambridge University Press
書號: 0521729793
發行時間: 2009年
地區: 美國
語言: 英文
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你在努力滿足您的課程的最後期限？發現它很難找到與你的文章的題目握把？請問你的寫作有時缺乏結構和風格？你想提高你的成績？這個文本涵蓋了學生需要了解有關撰寫文章和論文，在人文和社會科學。從面臨的共同困難的學生開始，它使所有的實際例子階段要產生良好的學術著作件：口譯任務主題？借鑒自己的經驗和背景？讀書筆記解析，並采取有效的？通過引進開發你的論點，中段和結論？評價和使用網上資源？了解學術文化的公約？珩磨為清晰，有力的英文你的想法。這本書將提供所有的工具和洞察力你，你需要寫有信心，有說服力的論文，課程論文。
Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work:
? interpreting assignment topics ? drawing on your own experience and background ? reading analytically and taking efficient notes ? developing your argument through introductions, middles and conclusions ? evaluating and using online resources ? understanding the conventions of academic culture ? honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English. This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework papers.
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Contents
Preface xi
Sources of extracts used in the text xv
1 Introduction 1
1 The main elements in academic writing 2
2 You and your writing task 4
3 You and your subject matter 7
4 You and your reader 12
5 Your language: form and structure 15
Part I Reflection and Research 19
2 Reflection: asking questions and proposing answers 21
1 Speculative thinking and writing 22
2 Choosing a topic 24
3 Kinds of question 27
4 Coming to terms with an essay topic 35
5 Summary 51
3 Interpretation: reading and taking notes 53
1 The ‘problem’ of reading 54
2 Evidence, interpretation and fact 57
3 What an author does 65
4 An author’s major motives 69
5 Modes of analysis 77
6 An author’s structural intentions 79
7 Interpreting a difficult text 82
Part II The Dynamics of an Essay 89
4 Introductions 91
1 The constituents of an essay 92
2 The constituents of an introduction 94
3 The use and misuse of introductory material 95
4 Setting out your case 98
5 Writing an introduction to a research paper 107
5 Middles 111
1 Some common problems 112
2 The uses of outlines 116
3 Expanding a case 117
4 Summary 133
6 Endings 134
1 Recapitulation 134
2 Mood: suggestion and implication 136
3 Variations on a theme 140
Part III Language 145
7 You, your language and your material 147
1 Subjective and objective: the uses of ‘I’ and ‘we’ 148
2 Confusing yourself with your material 151
3 Quoting – and not quoting 161
4 Some verbs of enquiry: how to use them 163
8 Analytical language 1: sentences 167
1 Discrimination and confusion 168
2 Elements of sentence structure 169
3 Participants, processes and circumstances 177
9 Analytical language 2: rhetorical strategies 194
1 Analysing versus describing 194
2 Defining 199
3 Comparing and contrasting 207
10 Cohesion and texture 215
1 Determinants of cohesion and texture 215
2 Revising and improving text 221
11 Conventions of academic writing 230
1 Academic culture 230
2 A skeleton key to stylistic conventions 232
Appendices
1 Writing book reviews 240
2 Sample analyses of essay topics 243
3 A revised manuscript 252
Index 257