exposition (rhetoric)

This alternative college admissions guide gives non-straight-A students advice on how to identify, gain admittance to, and pay for the schools that will allow them to flourish.

Provides tips for writing winning college application essays, features examples of fifty successful pieces on a variety of topics, and offers advice on the application process from admissions officers at twelve schools.

Provides the basic principles of writing nonfiction well and focuses on methods, forms, and attitudes.

Presents a guide to writing a college application essay, including information on planning and writing a first draft, exploring life experiences for essay topics, using self-interviews to create unique essays, and tweaking the essay to fit different colleges.

Provides practical tips for writing expository paragraphs and offers examples centered around American Indian art and culture.

A beginning writer's guide that includes tips and tricks for writing a review of a product.

A beginning writer's guide that includes tips and tricks for writing a news article.

Challenges readers to solve several "whodunits" by selecting, analyzing, and logically organizing the details of each of the stories included.

Presents a rationale for teaching nonfiction writing in kindergarten through third grade, features descriptions of five actual instructional units used to introduce different types of nonfiction to students, and includes reproducible forms and a self-assessment questionnaire.

Offers tips on how to write meaningful essays for college admission applications. Includes sample essays.