Andrew Balmer, Anne Murcott

The craft of writing in sociology

Developing the argument in undergraduate essays and dissertations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An essential guide to constructing coherent and powerful arguments, using real examples from student work and demonstrating, step-by-step, how to read critically, write the opening paragraphs of an essay, provide evidence in the middle and construct punchy conclusions. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9781784992705
• ISBN-10: 1784992704
• Artikelnr.: 48100681

Autorenporträt

Andrew Balmer is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Member of the Morgan Centre for the Study of Everyday Lives at the University of Manchester Anne Murcott is Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Principles and practices of writing and argumentation
1. Reading critically and making notes 2. Making an argument 3. Beginnings
in detail 4. Middles in detail 5. Ends in detail 6. Editing and
proof-reading 7. Detailed case studies of student examples 8. Writing a
dissertation Part II: Tips and techniques 9. Choosing an essay question 10.
How to decide what to read 11. How to get past writers block 12. Rhetorical
questions, should I use them? 13. How to cut your essay down in length 14.
Making use of feedback Part III: Spelling, grammar and punctuation 15. The
basics of spelling, grammar and punctuation Index