An Analysis by Robin Upton,
January 22nd 2006
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Jan 2006 - Robin Upton - http:// www.RobinUpton.com/research
Contents
Purpose........................................................................................................... 1 Introduction to Essay Books .......................................................................... 1 Impact of Essay Books ................................................................................... 2 Inaccuracy ...................................................................................................... 4 Grandiloquence/bombast (long words) .......................................................... 5 Exaggeration .................................................................................................. 6 Repetition ....................................................................................................... 7 Oversimplification /Over-Generalisation....................................................... 8 Obscurity/Obsolescence ................................................................................ 9 Waffle........................................................................................................... 10 Pointlessness ................................................................................................ 12 Tackling ‘Essay Book Style’........................................................................ 14 Introductions ................................................................................................ 15 Reasoning..................................................................................................... 16 Conclusions .................................................................................................. 17 Overcoming Bad Essay Writing Habits ....................................................... 18 Epilogue: