Writing successful reports and dissertations / Lucinda Becker.
Material type: TextSeries: Sage study skillsPublisher: Los Angeles : Sage, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781446298268 (hbk.)
- 1446298264 (hbk.)
- 9781446298275 (pbk.)
- 1446298272 (pbk.)
- 808.066378 23
- LB2369 .B336 2015
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Includes index.
Why a dissertation? -- What is distinctive about a dissertation? -- What are research questions? -- What makes a good dissertation? -- When and why would I write a report? -- What is distinctive about a report? -- Should I be asking research questions in a report? -- Devising a strategy -- Gathering material -- Finding your voice -- Are you a natural planner? -- A planning strategy -- Your first step -- Four planning methods -- Negative pauses -- Necessary pauses -- Positive pauses -- Words -- Phrases -- Sentences -- Paragraphs -- Sections and chapters -- Increasing impact -- Checking your document -- Now take your fingers off the keyboard.
"Help is here! In this handy little book you will find expert guidance to enable you to produce a successful report or dissertation. With a focus on developing an effective writing style and argument, this book will show you, step-by-step, how to plan and deliver a perfect piece of writing to gain top marks."--Page [4] of cover.
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