Product Description

A short guide to essay writing aimed at undergraduates on English, humanities and modular courses in the UK and the Rest of the World. It offers an alternative to the usual stuffy guides and focuses on what is relevant for students today

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48641 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Roy Johnson, for Amazon.co.uk
'This is a lively and comprehensive essay-writing manual which is obviously based on solid experience of helping students to improve their skills.'

Review

'This is a lively and comprehensive essay-writing manual which is obviously based on solid experience of helping students to improve their skills ... This is one of the few books on study skills which will actually make you laugh.' - Roy Johnson, Amazon.co.uk

'Clear, direct and humorous.' - Stella Heath

From the Back Cover
Essays are a major form of assessment in higher education today, a fact which causes poor writers a great deal of anxiety. But essay writing is simply a skill to be learned. Anyone can learn to express themselves coherently and effectively, and this book explains precisely how. If you are dissatisfied with your essay grades but don't know where to start, read on.
Writing Essays reveals the tricks of the trade, making your student life easier. You will:
learn how to impress tutors with minimum effort
discover exactly what markers look for when they read your work
become proficient in every aspect of composition from introductions and conclusions, down to presentation and printing out
In addition, this book explains stress free methods of revision; effective library management; word processing and the internet. Demystifying the whole process of composition, Writing Essays is the ideal study aid, giving you practical examples and confidence to improve your grades from the word go.

Customer Reviews

The best of the bunch - by far
I'm a third-year student of English at the University of Leeds. I bought this book at the beginning of the year, and I haven't looked back since. Not only is this the funniest book of its kind; it is absolutely stunningly good. I've checked out ALL the others, and if you want to save yourself some time, get this one. Richard Marggraf Turley must be some kind of god - he knows EXACTLY what tutors want to see in an essay, and tells you EXACTLY how do do it. Like the other reviewers here, my grades went up by a whole class since I got this book - and I've earned two firsts so far this semester.

RMT Rocks!
I study History and English joint honours at UCL, and was struggling with essay assignments. Until I bought this book. In a word, RMT rocks! His guide is funny, to the point, and very, very, cool. I would never have thought learning to write essays could be fun - but this book proved me wrong. I've lent it to all my friends too (sorry, RMT!). But I can recommend buying this - all the other reviewers here are right: this is the best book of its kind. My essays went up from 3rd/low 2.ii to mid-high 2.1. Can't say more than that, really.

this book is the best!
I heard about this book from a friend. Apparently lots of people are using it now. I don't usually use study guides - and I never write reviews on the internet - but this one was different. All the things I'd struggled with before were explained in plain terms - things like linking expressions and structure. I was so impressed by the way the author sets everything out in a logical and easy to understand way. This book really is the best. I can honestly say that I got better marks for my last two essays because I used it. Richard Marggraf Turley seems to know just what my tutors wanted to see.