The Resource Stylish academic writing, Helen Sword
Stylish academic writing, Helen Sword
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The item Stylish academic writing, Helen Sword represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read -- and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword's analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master. --Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Contents
-
- Part 1. Style and Substance. Rules of engagement ; On being disciplined ; A guide to the style guides
- pt. 2. The Elements of Stylishness. Voice and echo ; Smart sentencing ; Tempting titles ; Hooks and sinkers ; The story net ; Show and tell ; Jargonitis ; Structural designs ; Points of reference ; The big picture ; The creative touch
- Afterword: becoming a stylish writer
- Isbn
- 9780674065093
- Label
- Stylish academic writing
- Title
- Stylish academic writing
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Sword
- Subject
-
- Academic writing
- Academic writing -- Style manuals
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Englisch
- Englisch
- English language -- Style
- English language -- Style
- Literature
- Sprachstil
- Textproduktion
- Wissenschaftlicher Text
- Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
- Wissenschaftssprache
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Style Manuals
- Academic writing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read -- and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword's analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master. --Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sword, Helen
- Dewey number
- 808/.0420711
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- LB2369
- LC item number
- .S96 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Academic writing
- English language
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- Literature
- Academic writing
- English language
- Englisch
- Textproduktion
- Wissenschaftlicher Text
- Wissenschaftssprache
- Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
- Englisch
- Sprachstil
- Academic writing
- Label
- Stylish academic writing, Helen Sword
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part 1. Style and Substance. Rules of engagement ; On being disciplined ; A guide to the style guides -- pt. 2. The Elements of Stylishness. Voice and echo ; Smart sentencing ; Tempting titles ; Hooks and sinkers ; The story net ; Show and tell ; Jargonitis ; Structural designs ; Points of reference ; The big picture ; The creative touch -- Afterword: becoming a stylish writer
- Control code
- 801194749
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674065093
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f1pc7
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)801194749
- Label
- Stylish academic writing, Helen Sword
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part 1. Style and Substance. Rules of engagement ; On being disciplined ; A guide to the style guides -- pt. 2. The Elements of Stylishness. Voice and echo ; Smart sentencing ; Tempting titles ; Hooks and sinkers ; The story net ; Show and tell ; Jargonitis ; Structural designs ; Points of reference ; The big picture ; The creative touch -- Afterword: becoming a stylish writer
- Control code
- 801194749
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674065093
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f1pc7
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)801194749
Subject
- Academic writing
- Academic writing -- Style manuals
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Englisch
- Englisch
- English language -- Style
- English language -- Style
- Literature
- Sprachstil
- Textproduktion
- Wissenschaftlicher Text
- Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
- Wissenschaftssprache
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Style Manuals
- Academic writing
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