Write It Right

Write It Right covers everyday tasks and academic writing, offering user-friendly advice on how students can make the most of simple, practical methods for tackling essays and longer pieces of work. Divided into ten sections, this guide can be used either as a course book or for individual use. Each section is informed by one or more essential ideas about how to write well

Shows students how to make their writing effective and grammatically correct. Organised into mini units and easy to read, it deals with everyday tasks and problems. This second edition adds further guidance on common questions raised by students, for example 'When does one use italics and/or underlining?'

• Offers practical advice on how to improve writing in short, accessible 'modules'

• Broad ranging coverage from making applications through to completing a dissertation

• The second edition of this popular book includes a new final section answering Twenty Questions about successful everyday and academic writing

• Can be used for quick reference or as a course companion

Autorentext
John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK.Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK.

Inhalt
About This Book.- The Logic of Effective Writing.- Applying for a Course, Applying for a Job.- Writing Correct and Convincing Sentences.- Punctuating a Sentence: Commas, Colons and Semicolons.- Avoidable Errors.- Tricks of the Writer's Trade.- Essay Writing: Structure.- Essay Writing: Paragraph Control.- Make Every Essay an Effective Essay.- Taking Stock.- Twenty Questions.- Glossary.- Index.