Guide to spelling, punctuation and grammar

8 Sample Essay 3: Writing about Poetry
71
9 Sample Essay 4: Another Essay on a Poem
77
10 Sample Essay 5: A Media Studies Essay
83
11 Sample Essay 6: History
91
12 Sample Essay 7: Writing About a Novel
97
13 Sample Essay 8: Writing in Response to a 
Critical Thinking Task
108
14 Sample Essay 9: A Film Studies Essay
115
15 Sample Essay 10: A Politics Essay
124
16 Grammar and Accuracy
133
Writing in sentences
134
Punctuation
138
The use of the apostrophe
141
17 Spelling
145
Their/there/they’re
145
Were/where/we’re
146
18 Bibliographies and Reference Lists
151
19 Examinations
154
Answers to Practice Sections
157
Index
161
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OW TO WRITE ESSAYS

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PREFACE
I strongly recommend readers to study and absorb the first five sections
of the book before turning to the ten sample essays that have been
provided. These sample essays are presented as models of good practice
and each is followed by a detailed analysis or questions that are intended
to focus your attention on key essay-writing skills that you should have
learnt from the first five sections. You will benefit if you study these
sample essays in tandem with the analysis that follows. Only with this
kind of close attention to structure and detail can you hope you to
improve your essay-writing skills.
Don Shiach
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