How to Write Essays

by John Clanchy, Brigid Ballard

Essay Writing for Students , now in its third edition, has preserved the original serious, yet practical approach to academic writing. Particular attention is paid to the central tasks of analysing a topic, reading, researching, planning, drafting and editing the final version of an essay or report. This book has proved invaluable to students at university and TAFE level, for final year secondary school students preparing for tertiary study and for all the staff who teach them.

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 1983

About the author

John Clanchy is an award-winning Canberra counsellor and academic at the Australian National University. He has published five novels and three collections, and short stories in magazines, newspapers and anthologies. His novel He was won the ACT Book of the Year twice for The Hard Word in 2003 and for his collection of stories Vincenzo's Garden in 2006 (which also won the Steele Rudd Award in 2005). He also writes detective thrillers in collaboration with Mark Henshaw.

Reviews

[Maria Popescu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read chapters 1, 3, 4. I will read through all of it when I next have to write an essay. So far it seems useful, very clear and easy to follow. I will come back with perhaps a more convincing review after actually applying the information and seeing the results. Although, to be honest, I was already aware of most of what was said here.