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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.
List of contents
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.
About the author
Ursula Hackett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Summary
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.
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/brilliant-essays. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
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I highly recommend Brilliant Essays to any students wanting to improve their writing and boost the clarity and persuasiveness of their arguments in essays.
