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... 70 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ CHAPTER Untimed Essay Writing Strategies Write a letter to someone who has had a significant influence on you Use as many details as possible to show, ... GREATESSAYS For each different topic or question, use a separate sheet of paper, and write the topic at the top Write anything that comes to mind in response to that topic Your ideas may be in the ... have affected you 71 72 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS CHAPTER Untimed Essay Writing Strategies Skills What are you good at? You may want to ask friends and family members to help with this Skills...
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... and connotative meaning, you must consider whether O Word Choice CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS 21 22 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS CHAPTER Word Choice the words you choose might confuse or possibly ... (verb): to select the past tense of choose cite (verb): sight (noun): site (noun): to acknowledge; to quote as a reference the ability to see; vision a place or location 23 24 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ... sound Word Choice CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS acceptable to many people But to good writers and the readers of your essay, they are glaring errors Take the time to learn the denotative meanings...
... inappropriate and in poor taste to use slang terms for racial or religious groups Word Choice CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS SPELLING College admissions essays and essays that are not timed must ... should be omitted 31 32 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ■ ■ CHAPTER Word Choice Don’t use courageous to describe a person with a disability unless the context allows the adjective to be used for all Someone ... Choice CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE Biased language, which includes negative stereotypes, has no place in your writing Your goal is to include rather than to exclude Understanding...
... Emily and Nancy, and we took her laptop (Whose laptop?) Correct: I went on the trip with Emily and Nancy, and we took Nancy’s laptop Mechanics CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ADJECTIVES Adjectives ... report you asked me towrite Incorrect: Mechanics CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS NOUN AND VERB AGREEMENT CHECKLIST The more complex the sentence, the more difficult it is to determine noun/verb ... extremes Sentence fragments stop 45 46 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS CHAPTER Mechanics too quickly; they are phrases that are not whole thoughts Run-on sentences don’t stop soon enough; they include...
... CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS 55 56 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS CHAPTER Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Also included in this chapter are professional writers’ and editors’ tricks to help ... wasn’t in class today: he had to fly to Houston to present a paper My teacher wasn’t in class today He had to fly to Houston to present a paper The first example, with the colon, has the tone that ... in two ways: to separate independent clauses,and to separate the items in a list when those items contain commas 51 52 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ■ CHAPTER Mechanics Use semicolons to separate...
... Strategies CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS 85 86 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS TYPES OF CHAPTER Timed Essay Writing Strategies EXAMS While most of the information in this chapter applies to every type ... by the school(s) to which you are applying It is too high a price to pay after all Untimed Essay Writing Strategies CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS of the work you have done to get yourself ... Understand the topics, know howto organize your thoughts, and be able to expand prewriting notes into paragraphs Take timed practice exams to get used to the situation, and also to identify your...
... July, I find it hard to be proud Although I have just played great soccer in the Eastern Sample Essay Prompts and Essays CHAPTER HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS 97 98 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS CHAPTER Sample ... Understand the difference between expository and persuasive essays, and be able to locate key words that determine which kind the topic calls for 95 96 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ CHAPTER Timed ... 92 HOWTOWRITEGREATESSAYS P R E PA R I N G TO CHAPTER Timed Essay Writing Strategies WRITE A T I M E D E S S AY As noted in the opening section of this chapter, the first step in preparing to...
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