composition and exercises

Introduces the form of Japanese poetry known as haiku and provides instructions for haiku activities.

A guide to writing, covering how to brainstorm ideas, organize ideas, plan a draft, and edit your work.

Discusses places to find information and how to evaluate an information resource.

A guide for writing that provides fourteen explained lessons and a detailed description of the process used by author Lester Laminack to compose his picture book, "Saturdays and Teacakes," and explains how to read from a writer's perspective.

"Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs . . . drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Karen Joy Fowler. For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added an additional 50 pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises creating [a] . . . volume of . . . advice that is also an . . . inspiring object"--Provided by publisher.

Fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog after his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants.

Provides tips and advice for writing, in a humorous manner.

A stylistic guide to English usage and composition, based on the house style manual of "The Economist" newspaper, providing general advice on writing, and discussing common errors and clich?s, punctuation and grammar rules, the Greek alphabet, mathematical symbols, the winter Olympic games, and the solar system, along with the differences between American and British English syntax, punctuation, and spelling.

A guide to writing letters, looking at various letters written for friendly or business purposes, and including an analysis of different elements of the letters, with eight tools for writing letters, exercises, writing tips, and a glossary.