exposition (rhetoric)

The author guides high school seniors on how to write their college application essay; after answering two questions, the reader will learn four different types of college admissions 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.

Explores the structure and techniques of expository writing from composing the introduction and thesis to writing an effective conclusion.

"A resource to help students write the college admissions essay with tips on selecting a topic and recycling essays and an essay-writing workshop. Includes 50 examples of successful essays, 25 essay-writing mistakes, and writing strategies from admission officers"--.

"Is It Easy Being Green?": Writing the NEW College Application Essay offers every applicant the skills needed to write a powerful and successful application essay. Using real-life examples and testimonials "Is It Easy Being Green?" moves away from a strictly academic point of view, and uses creative writing techniques-memoir/personal essay genre in particular-to teach students how to write engaging and effective application essays. Centering on a narrative and lyrical balance, "Is It Easy Being Green?" is written in an approachable and easy-to-understand style.