CHE 315- Chemistry Seminar & Internship: Personal Statements & Verbal Reasoning

The aim of this book is to help you write better essays.

Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read—and to write.

Given that scientific material can be hard to comprehend, sustained attention and memory retention become major reader challenges. Scientific writers must not only present their science, but also work hard to generate and sustain the interest of readers.

Writing at University offers guidance on how to develop the writing you have to do at university along with a greater understanding of what is involved in this complex activity. Writing is seen as a tool for learning as well as a product to be assessed. The importance of what you yourself can bring as a writer to your academic writing is stressed throughout the book.

The present book deals with the Verbal and Abstract reasoning only. The chapters contain the verbal, letter and word classifications tests, verbal analogy, series completion, coding-decoding tests, analytical reasoning tests, logical reasoning tests, syllogisms, statement tests, critical reasoning tests, abstract reasoning tests (both quantitative and qualitative), paper from board tests and surface development tests and a number of test papers on reasoning abilities for self evaluation.