Writing

Contents

• Argument
• Cautious language
• Cohesion
• Conclusion
• Generating ideas
• Introduction
• Linking
• Organizing
• Paragraph
• Paraphrasing and summarizing
• Punctuation
• Quoting
• Revising and proofreading
• Spelling
• Style
• Thesis statement
• Topic sentence
• Understanding the question

👉 See also Referencing and Thinking critically

Websites

• Academic Phrasebank
  Phrases that can be used in your own writing
• Academic Writing
  UEfAP
• Advice on Academic Writing
  University of Toronto
• Purdue OWL
  The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
• Start to finish: Essay writing
  University of Manchester
• UW-Madison Writer’s Handbook
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Write Site
  University of Sydney
• Writing
  EAP Foundation
• Writing
  British Council
• Writing for Research Projects, and Essay Writing
  London Metropolitan University

Books

Complete books

• Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students
  by Stephen Bailey. 5th edn. (2017)
• Business English for Success
  by Scott McLean (2011)
• Doing Essays & Assignments
  by Pete Greasley (2011)
• Essay Writing : a Student’s Guide
  by MunLing Shields (2010)
• How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays
  by Jeanne Godfrey. 2nd edn. (2013)
• How to Write an Assignment
  by Pauline Smith. 8th edn. (2009)
• How to Write Better Essays
  by Bryan Greetham. 4th ed. (2018)
• How to Write Essays & Assignments
  by Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers. 2nd edn. (2011)
• Reflective Writing
  by Kate Williams, Mary Woolliams and Jane Spiro. 2nd edn. (2020)
• The Student’s Guide to Writing
  by John Peck and Martin Coyle. 3rd edn. (2012)
• Writing At University : A Guide For Students
  by Phyllis Creme and Mary R. Lea. 3rd edn. (2008)
• Writing for Success
  by University of Minnesota Libraries (2015)
• Writing Up Your University Assignments And Research Projects
  by Neil Murray and Geraldine Hughes (2008)

Science

Complete books

• Academic Writing for International Students of Science
  by Jane Bottomley. 2nd edn. (2021)
• From Research to Manuscript : A Guide to Scientific Writing
  by Michael Jay Katz. 2nd edn. (2009)
• Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
  by Hilary Glasman-Deal (2009)
• Scientific English
  by Robert A. Day and Nancy Sakaduski. 3rd edn. (2011)
• Scientific Writing 2.0
  by Jean-Luc Lebrun. 2nd edn. (2011)
• The Scientist’s Guide to Writing
  by Stephen B. Heard (2016)
• Writing for Science
  by Robert Goldbort (2006)
• Writing for Science Students
  by Jennifer Boyle and Scott Ramsay (2017)