A Visual Guide to Essay Writing

1. Introduction: visual thinking to work out ideas......Page 7
2.1	Planning your semester’s work in a course......Page 10
2.2	Clarifying the big picture......Page 14
2.3	The multi-layered timetable......Page 15
2.4	Implementing your intentions......Page 18
3.1	Weighing up the role of argument......Page 19
3.2	What do lecturers mean by ‘argument’?......Page 20
4.1	Relevance to the topic......Page 23
4.3	Analysing a given topic......Page 24
4.4	Making up your own topic and then tackling it......Page 30
5.1	Ensuring a focused thesis statement......Page 32
5.2	Stages of thesis-building......Page 34
5.3	Searching for sources......Page 39
5.4	Reading efficiently......Page 42
5.5	Taking notes from reading......Page 44
5.6   Acknowledging sources......Page 46
5.7	Writing an annotated bibliography......Page 48
5.8	Critical reviews......Page 50
6.1	The anthropomorphic (‘human-shaped’) outline......Page 51
6.2	The introduction......Page 53
6.3	Paragraphing......Page 58
6.4	Structuring a compare–contrast essay......Page 60
6.5	Mindmapping to organise the body of your essay......Page 63
6.6	The conclusion......Page 67
6.7	Redrafting for structural coherence......Page 69
7.1	Audience — an invisible crowd!......Page 73
7.2	Degrees of endorsement......Page 74
7.3	Some common academic practices......Page 75
7.4	Gender-inclusive pronouns......Page 79
7.5	Editing and proofreading......Page 80
8.1	Multiple intelligences (MI)......Page 82
8.2	Graphic organisers (such as diagrams, etc)......Page 83