rhetoric

The author shares his insights through essays about his career and the writing process.

Offers guidelines and models for the types of written correspondence most frequently used by educators, including letters to parents, press releases, and others; provides tips for speaking to groups; features guidelines for preparing academic resumes and application letters; and includes a review of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Humorous academic course review of English grammar. Breaks the subject into small, understandable steps. Covers parts of speech, verb tenses, and simple, compound, and complex sentences.

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.

Identifies the characteristics of different types of writing through a look at the efforts of the student editors of "Wordswork" to meet Professor Plot's challenge to showcase four different types of writing in the magazine, including comparative, personal narrative, explanatory, and persuasive.