The student phrase book - vocabulary for writing at university

Introducing, defining and classifying; Talking about aim and proposition; Structure, time, sequence and frequency; Methodology and method, findings, size, amount, level and proportion; Movement and change, getting better or worse, allowing or preventing and eliminating; Circumstance, advantage or disadvantage, presence or absence, and importance; Communication, expression, understanding, way of thinking and point of view; Cause and effect, dependency, similarity and difference; Analysing and evaluating ideas; Drawing your own conclusions, stating your own position and summarising your ideas; Appendix

Writing successfully at university requires you to communicate your ideas in a clear, effective way; using words incorrectly or imprecisely lessens both your work's creditability and clarity. This book gives you an accessible 'way in' to words and phrases used in academic writing. It will help you to express your ideas, arguments and evaluations clearly and precisely, and to produce successful written work.