Designed for undergraduate English majors or any undergraduate working on an English essay, this book offers a carefully structured approach to improving essay writing. This short guide focuses on three key strategies for upgrading an English essay: answering the question and making a strong argument, analyzing language and examining literary technique, and discussing genre and considering context. All advice is supported by clear demonstrations that make use of the most commonly studied primary texts and examples from student essays. Written in a lively, humorous, and student-friendly style, this volume will surely help students improve their English essay writing―and their grades.

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Myers, Tony

Literature & Fiction

Bloomsbury Academic

Covers the leading works and authors of literature written before World War I and gives the reader an engaging and knowledgeable insight into the books, their writers, and the connections between them. This collection covers Shakespeare and Austen and literary classics such as David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Each entry gives a plot summary, an analysis of the major themes, a look at the literary techniques employed by the author and quotes from the original text, as well as a guide to further resources. A full list of authors and a glossary of literary terms are also included and are fully cross-referenced to the alphabetically ordered collection of entries on novels, plays, and poems.

The Essentials of Literature in English, pre-1914 (Essential Reference)

British & Irish

Slavoj Zizek (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled, including: <ul>
<li>What is a Subject and why is it so important?</li> <li>The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real</li> <li>What is so terrible about Postmodernity?</li> <li>How can we distinguish reality from ideology?</li> <li>What is the relationship between men and women?</li> <li>Why is Racism always a fantasy?</li>
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Slavoj Zizek is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the thought of the critic whom Terry Eagleton has described as "the most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in Europe for some decades.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Routledge

English for IT Communication (Routledge Applied English Language Introductions)

Computers & Technology

Buchanan, Jaime

Computer Science

English for IT Communication provides a comprehensive introduction for students and professionals studying IT or Computer Science and covers all forms of technical communication from emails and memos through procedures to reports and design specs. In each case, the book offers multiple real-world examples, looking at who the texts are written for, what their purpose is, and how these affect what is on the page. Key features of this book include: &#9679; how to write for different audiences and purposes &#9679; how to design documents for ease of access and understanding &#9679; how to communicate in multimodal media &#9679; how to reference in IEEE &#9679; multiple different examples and breakdowns of common text types to show how they are written and to produce an understanding of quality in each &#9679; online support material including authentic examples of different workplace genres and a reference section covering relevant research studies and weblinks for readers to better understand the topics covered in each chapter &#9679; internationalized coverage of IT communication exemplars. This book is an accessible guide to writing effective forms of IT communications of the kind needed for all IT degree programs which aim to prepare students for the modern workplace. Practical and clearly written, it is designed to introduce readers to features of the most common genres in IT and Computer Science.

Slavoj Zizek

Singleton

Jack Avery has always had questions about his daughter, Olivia. His intuition has always told him there is more to her than what appears on the surface. In the past, he has always shrugged it off, telling himself it is due to the fact that she was adopted at nine years old.  Jack's marriage is also crumbling. He and his wife, Melissa, seem to be constantly fighting. In his last-ditch effort to save his marriage, Jack agrees to move his family back to his wife's hometown. It is here that strange events start occurring, and the questions surrounding Olivia become stronger.

WestBow Press

Jack Avery has always had questions about his daughter, Olivia. His intuition has always told him there is more to her than what appears on the surface. In the past, he has always shrugged it off, telling himself it is due to the fact that she was adopted at nine years old. Jack's marriage is also crumbling. He and his wife, Melissa, seem to be constantly fighting. In his last-ditch effort to save his marriage, Jack agrees to move his family back to his wife's hometown. It is here that strange events start occurring, and the questions surrounding Olivia become stronger.

WestBowPress

Stealing the Magic: The Story of a Caged Magician

Andrew Stevenson is a typical college kid, trying to work hard in his studies, while also looking for some wild fun and excitement. The problem is, so far, his college experience has turned out quite dull and boring. Having made no friends his first year and still living with his parents, he is about to consider this first year a complete disappointment. Things begin to change dramatically when Andrew befriends notorious college prankster Johnny Platt, who is known for wild parties and unbelievable pranks. Johnny quickly takes Andrew under his wing and into his inner circle. Life seems to be going well until Andrew and Johnny cross paths with a local magician, Charles Chesterton, a man of mystery and wonder. He will captivate them and turn their lives upside down. Questions will arise and lives will hang in the balance.

Trafford

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Upgrade Your English Essay

The Essentials of Literature in English, pre-1914 (Essential Reference)

Slavoj Zizek (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

Slavoj Zizek (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

English for IT Communication (Routledge Applied English Language Introductions)

English for IT Communication (Routledge Applied English Language Introductions)

Slavoj Zizek

Singleton

Singleton

Stealing the Magic: The Story of a Caged Magician