Stylish academic writing / Helen Sword.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780674064485
- 0674064488
- 808/.0420711 23
- LB2369 .S96 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Style and Substance -- 1. Rules of Engagement -- 2. On Being Disciplined -- 3.A Guide to the Style Guides -- pt. II The Elements of Stylishness -- 4. Voice and Echo -- 5. Smart Sentencing -- 6. Tempting Titles -- 7. Hooks and Sinkers -- 8. The Story Net -- 9. Show and Tell -- 10. Jargonitis -- 11. Structural Designs -- 12. Points of Reference -- 13. The Big Picture -- 14. The Creative Touch.
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.