How to Write Better Essays

By Bryan Greetham

Book Overview

For every student who needs to write essays, from whatever discipline, this book is an essential resource, offering the help and inspiration they need to tackle their essays with confidence.

This book takes the reader carefully through each landmark stage of the essay writing process from the interpretation of the question, to the research, planning and revision. They are shown not just how to improve their study skills such as note-taking, reading, organisation and writing, but their thinking skills too.

Full of techniques and worked examples, this bestselling guide teaches students how to analyse difficult concepts, criticise and evaluate arguments, use evidence and develop more ideas of their own. It provides clear and practical advice throughout and gives students the confidence they need to tackle written assignments.

New for this edition
The fifth edition includes a new chapter on staying focused and managing distractions. It also features new techniques for reading sources that will help you form your own judgements and craft strong and original arguments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350337927
• ISBN13: 9781350337923
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Help for those unfamiliar with essay exams, UK

This book provides excellent advice for the person unfamiliar with the UK education system, examination by essay. It is very thorough and includes explanations related to note taking, organizing and revision before the exam as well as essay preparation. I wish I had it before my first series of exams in Great Britian. It would probably be useful also for those in other areas, where this kind of exam is required, certainly humanities majors. Covers the exam essay as a formal argument to answer a question as well as presenting advice on targeting the specific question.

For advanced college students and professionals

Great advice for the serious writer, but too complicated for any one who is struggling and in need of rapid improvement. I really wanted to keep it for myself, but needed more of a resource to teach my 16 year old than an in depth study for my own writing. Would be very appropriate for a course of study rather than a reference book.

All you need to know

A really excellent book and the best I've ever read on the subject. Takes you step by step through structuring an essay with helpful guidelines and useful exercises throughout. Really invaluable in helping you to develop the necessary skills for good essay writing. First rate. Look no further than this gem of a book.

Best on the market

Having looked at many many titles that purport to help students write better essays this is definitely the best.The author has clearly taught and thought about this topic for some time and the needs of the student come first.His explanations and examples are well outlined, and he gives lots of good reasons why a student should take the advice offered. This is not a book about where to put a comma - this is about how to think, how to develop the skills needed to write well.Although aimed at higher education students this book could easily be used by anyone wanting to write well.