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Writing Successful Reports and Dissertations

By: Lucinda Becker
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication year: 2015
Online pub date: January 05, 2017
Discipline: Anthropology
Methods: Dissertation , Presenting research , Writing research
DOI: https:// doi. org/10.4135/9781473909786
Keywords: brainstorming , language , organizations , report writing , sentencing , spiders , tipping Show all Show less
Print ISBN: 9781446298275
Online ISBN: 9781473909786
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Are you unsure what your report should look like or how you’ll ever finish it in time? Are you freaking out about starting on an extended piece of writing? Help is here! In this handy little book, you’ll find expert guidance to enable you to produce a successful report or dissertation. With a focus on developing an effective writing style and argument, this book shows you, step-by-step, how to plan and deliver a perfect piece of writing to gain top marks. Open up to find advice on: • What makes dissertations and reports distinctive • Organising your time and materials • Finding the right planning method for you • How to structure your writing successfully • Writing good sentences, paragraphs, sections and chapters. Read this book and you’re on your way to writing a great report or dissertation! SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university.

Front Matter

Acknowledgements
About the author
Introduction
Chapter 1 | Why a dissertation?
Chapter 2 | What is distinctive about a dissertation?
Chapter 3 | What are research questions?
Chapter 4 | What makes a good dissertation?
Chapter 5 | When and why would I write a report?
Chapter 6 | What is distinctive about a report?
Chapter 7 | Should I be asking research questions in a report?
Chapter 8 | Devising a strategy
Chapter 9 | Gathering material
Chapter 10 | Finding your voice
Chapter 11 | Are you a natural planner?
Chapter 12 | A planning strategy
Chapter 13 | Your first step
Chapter 14 | Four planning methods
Chapter 15 | Negative pauses
Chapter 16 | Necessary pauses
Chapter 17 | Positive pauses
Chapter 18 | Words
Chapter 19 | Phrases
Chapter 20 | Sentences
Chapter 21 | Paragraphs
Chapter 22 | Sections and chapters
Chapter 23 | Increasing impact
Chapter 24 | Checking your document
Chapter 25 | Now take your fingers off the keyboard …

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