Presents a comprehensive guide to understanding the strategies and concepts for successful college writing, and offers help on choosing a topic, editing and revising, recognizing common errors, documenting sources, and much more.
what worked for them can help you get into the college of your choice
Harvard crimson
2005
A collection of application essays that were written by students who were admitted to Harvard with brief discussions about why each essay helped the student get accepted into the school.
Presents over five hundred writing prompts designed to provide practice and build skills for the essay question portions of high school exit exams, college placement exams, and other important tests, grouped in the areas of persuasive, expository, and narrative writing, and literary response.
Explains how to write an informative paper, covering prewriting, research and organization, the rough draft, revision, proofreading, editing, and presenting.
A spiral-bound reference guide for writers, examining topics including composition and style, correctness, and basic grammar; as well as a detailed menu, a list of revision symbols, an ESL menu, a list of online resources for writers, and an index.