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Academic acts : summary, analysis, synthesis / Eric Henderson and Sean Henry

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2023.Description: xii, 254 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780190165673 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.02 HEN-1
Contents:
1. The interrelated skills of thinking reading and writing ; 2. Purpose and audience ; 3. The conventions of academic writing ; 4. Stages of writing ; 5. Research ; 6. Essay writing ; 7. A grammar primer ; 8. Summarizing an everyday skill ; 9. Summary as overview the abstract ; 10. The complete picture extended summaries ; 11. A broader focus annotated bibliographies ; 12. Summaries research and your writing ; 13. Less is more strategies for concise writing ; 14. What is critical thinking ; 15. Engaging with a text ; 16. Rhetorical analysis of an argument ; 17. Analyzing weak and misleading arguments ; 18. Examples of arguments ; 19. To quote or not to quote how to use your sources ; 20. An introduction to citation styles ; 21. Getting down to it outlining and composing ; 22. A case study a student research paper .
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1. The interrelated skills of thinking reading and writing ;
2. Purpose and audience ;
3. The conventions of academic writing ;
4. Stages of writing ;
5. Research ;
6. Essay writing ;
7. A grammar primer ;
8. Summarizing an everyday skill ;
9. Summary as overview the abstract ;
10. The complete picture extended summaries ;
11. A broader focus annotated bibliographies ;
12. Summaries research and your writing ;
13. Less is more strategies for concise writing ;
14. What is critical thinking ;
15. Engaging with a text ;
16. Rhetorical analysis of an argument ;
17. Analyzing weak and misleading arguments ;
18. Examples of arguments ;
19. To quote or not to quote how to use your sources ;
20. An introduction to citation styles ;
21. Getting down to it outlining and composing ;
22. A case study a student research paper .