TL;DR

A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University

By Joel Heng Hartse
Categories: Education, Higher Education
Series: On Campus
Publisher: UBC Press
Paperback : 9780774839143, 168 pages, August 2023
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774839150, 168 pages, August 2023
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774839167, 168 pages, August 2023

Table of contents

A Note for Students

A Note for Instructors

Preface

Introduction

1 Stuff You Should Know before You Start

Literacy

Language

Audience

Genre

2 Reading and Writing about Other Texts

Academic Reading

Summary

Attribution

Paraphrasing and Quotation

Response

Stance

Plagiarism

Citations

3 Writing "The Paper"

What “The Paper” Is

Structure

Topic

Sources

Thesis Statements

Introductions

Paragraphs

Conclusions

Flow

Making Changes

4 Other Stuff You Should Know

Feedback

Vocabulary

Grammar

Sentences

Further Reading

Instructor Appendix

Description

So, you’ve just been assigned your first university paper. Stuck on how to start? Stressed about failing or pulling all-nighters to get the work done? Writing instructor Joel Heng Hartse can help you get that assignment done. TL;DR’s quick, concise chapters will help you identify your audience, create an outline, get a handle on grammar and sentence structure, correctly quote a source, and write a strong conclusion. If you want to know what and how professors expect you to write – and why – this is the book for you.

TL;DR (too long; didn’t read): This book will show you how to write better papers, and it’s short, so you should read it!