Brilliant Essays

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-352-01137-1
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 294 g

Reihe: Macmillan Study Skills

Ursula Hackett's tried-and-tested approach for essay success helps students to create brilliant, original, high-scoring essays that are enjoyable to write – and read. With dozens of hands-on exercises and clear examples, Brilliant Essays begins with students' everyday experience of using language, arguing a case, reading, thinking, and communicating with other people. Chapters help students to examine – and dispel – assumptions, build and control their arguments and use evidence effectively, in written assignments and timed exams. The final chapter provides clear, no-nonsense answers to frequently asked questions raised by Ursula’s students at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Oxford and via her YouTube channel and website.
Whichever subject your students study, Brilliant Essays will take them beyond the basics and give them the tools to reach their academic potential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hackett, Ursula

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The challenge of writing brilliant essays.- 1. Examining assumptions in questions.- 2. Finding comparator classes in questions.- 3. Interrogating tensions in questions.- 4. The introduction scale.- 5. Controlling your argument.- 6. Writing elegantly.- 7. Using empirical evidence effectively.- 8. Syllogisms and summaries.- 9. Losing the training wheels.- 10. Reading critically.- 11. Examination preparation.- 12. Frequently asked questions.- Conclusion: Techniques for writing brilliant essays.- Answers.- References.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ursula Hackett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she writes and teaches on American politics, federalism, religion, and education. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2020 she won the national Political Studies Association’s Sir Bernard Crick Prize for Outstanding Teaching and a Royal Holloway Excellence Teaching Award. Her Brilliant Essays website, YouTube channel and @Dr_Essays tweets help thousands of ambitious students to generate critical analysis, original thinking, and beautiful writing.