rhetoric

"Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more"--Provided by publisher.

"Find out what makes great persuasive writing. By looking at advertisements, leaflets, and essays, learn what it is, who writes it, and why people read it. Then follow step-by-step instructions for how to write your own."--Back cover.

Presents advice for how to write college scholarship essays that get students accepted, discussing how to pick a topic, create an outline, write, and edit an essay. Provides thirty real essays that won scholarships and twelve that didn't, comparing and contrast what works and what doesn't.

Provides study tools for preparing to take the essay portion of the Advanced Placement English exam, including a study plan, test-taking strategies, reviews, and sample prompts and students essays.

A guide to writing college essays that includes eighty-nine real essays demonstrating what to do and what not to do and insider tips and advice from admissions officers at thirteen top colleges.

A guide to writing scholarship essays that offers advice from scholarship judges and tips on what committees look for, as well as interview strategies, and features thirty sample essays--along with twelve examples of what not to write.

Provides guidance on persuasive writing for a variety of situations, and discusses challenges, issues, and pitfalls.

Emphasizes effective reading, writing, and communication using the real forms and documents we encounter daily.

Offers 46 lessons for teaching students how to elaborate with details when writing.

Describes the process of X-ray reading, or close reading, that involves reading texts in such a way that you see beneath the words to the meaning of literary passages and the use of writing strategies. Uses examples from twenty-five classic and contemporary works, ranging from Virgil's "The Aeneid" to "The Great Gatsby.".