How to Write Better Essays
108 15 Note-taking for criticism and evaluation In this chapter you will learn: a four-step technique for criticising and evalu ...
raised by the question and, consequently, we don’t really know what we’re looking for. No standard by which to judge the author ...
processing. Splitting up our reading and note-taking into the three levels of processing helps, but so does a more flexible note ...
justify qualifying the claim in order to take account of the special cases you’ve uncovered. To return to our example, if the ex ...
to another without ever being able to establish long-lasting paternal relations. So, in this case the claim may be worth holding ...
inferior species, who lack our intellectual and moral capabilities: they cannot think, make decisions, or communicate. The loude ...
114 Research Given these arguments, it would seem that humans are distinct from animals in non-arbitrary ways, that may be diffi ...
A Carnivore’s Credo Natural/Evol.justification but Is what’s naturalnecessarily moral? exceptions Naturalfor man to be aggressiv ...
A Carnivore’s Credo Frey Vietnam friend pain Does this involvea narrow defin.of pain i.e. just physical?exceptions He’s quite ca ...
In the next chapter You should be pleasantly surprised by the number of interesting ideas, criticisms, and examples that you we ...
118 16 Organising your retrieval system In this chapter you will learn: how to create an effective retrieval system to catch mo ...
The usual sources Most of us are used to using the obvious sources of material, like the booklists and references provided by t ...
Take those moments in the day when we’re alone with our thoughts without any interruptions from friends, the TV, the radio, or a ...
Carry a notebook On all of these occasions we need to have our retrieval system well worked out. In particular, we need to have ...
to, rarely reach the surface of our consciousness, although they’re always there. Index-card systems To make the system complet ...
idea, then you’re restricted to recording only short quotations of a sen- tence or two, which must be chosen with much greater c ...
124 17 Organising your time In this chapter you will learn: how to minimise the stress of studying; how to organise your time t ...
For some people this works perfectly well, but for most of us it doesn’t. Under this system we find ourselves leaving tasks to t ...
debilitating that it compares with heavy drinking, with its effects lasting as long as a few days as the body recovers. Under th ...
Finding more time Organising your time in this deliberate and careful way has one, almost unexpected, bonus. We’re all inclined ...
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