目錄
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Essays1.1 Essay Problems
1.2 Essay Terms
1.3 Essay Types
1.3.1 Persuasive
1.3.2 Expository
1.3.3 Creative
1.3.4 Narrative
1.4 Personal Narrative Essays
1.4.1 Overall Structure
1.4.2 Showing, Voicing, Highlighting
1.4.3 Conveying Important Information
1.4.4 Why Are You Writing?
1.4.5 What Would You Like the Audience to Understand?
1.4.6 What Is the Reader Expecting?
1.4.7 So What?
CHAPTER TWO Responding to the Prompt2.1 Introduction to Prompts
2.2 The Standard Long Essay
2.2.1 Share Your Story
2.2.2 Define, Describe, and Signify "Your Community"
2.2.3 Discuss an Important Accomplishment
2.2.4 Talk Successfully about a Challenge or Failure
2.2.5 Talk Successfully about Challenging Authority (Status Quo)
2.2.6 Share Your Insights on a Problem
2.3 Short and Alternative Form Essays
2.3.1 Explain Your Involvement in an Activity
2.3.2 Why Major
2.3.3 Why School
2.3.4 Personal Statements
2.3.5 Abstract
CHAPTER THREE Self-Reflection and Brainstorm
3.1 Finding a Topic
3.1.1 Content that Doesn't Work Well (and Why)
3.1.2 Content that Tends to Work Well
3.2 Skills,Goals,and Values
3.2.1 Assessing Skills-Strengths and Weaknesses
3.2.2 Determining Goals—What You Want to Do
3.2.3 Assessing Values-What You Care about
3.3 The Drafting Process
3.3.1 Selection
3.3.2 Outline
CHAPTER FOUR Reviewing and Reading Essays in Practice
4.1 Grammar and Editing
4.1.1 Grammatical Detail
4.1.2 Editing
4.2 Reading Narrative Essays
4.2.1 Rubric
4.2.2 Resource: Full Mark-Up Essay Examples
4.2.3 Concluding Remarks
APPENDIX Resource and Exercise Collection
Appendix 1 List Making
Appendix 2 Thinking Deeper
Appendix 3 Full Prompts
Appendix 4 Brainstorm Worksheet
Bibliography
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