Refining your academic writing : strategies for reading, revising and rewriting / by Pat Thomson
By: Thomson, Pat [author.]
Material type: TextSeries: Insider Guides to Success in AcademiaPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2023Edition: First EditionDescription: xii, 227 p. ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367468750; 9780367468767Subject(s): Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Graduate) | Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) | Academic writing -- Cross-cultural studies | Dissertations, Academic -- Great Britain | Dissertations, Academic -- AustraliaAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Refining your academic writingDDC classification: 808.02 LOC classification: LB2369 | .T4666 2023Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Mangalore University Library | 808.02 THO (Browse shelf) | Available | 157391 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Why 'Refining'? -- Refine With Attitude -- Start at the Beginning -- See Your Whole Text -- Strengthen Your Argument -- Make Your Text Trustworthy -- Write With Authority -- Stating Your Case -- Quote and Cite Wisely -- Find Your Flow -- Tackle Turgid Prose -- Check Your Idiosyncrasies -- Delight Your Reader -- Afterword: Tests and Checklists.
"This book will help you complete your writing project and provides a reading, revising, and rewriting repertoire that you can adapt and add to. It offers ways to think about revision and a basic tool kit which will help you to identify what needs your attention and why. This accessible book draws on and extends some of the most heavily used posts on Thomson's popular academic writing blog Patter, as well as tried and tested writing workshops. Written with a light touch, this is ideal reading for doctoral and early career researchers, this book provides strategies needed to support the writing revision process"-- Provided by publisher.
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