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viii, 85 pages : illustrations |
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This book is a practical, step-by-step guide to senior essay writing. Models of descriptive, narrative, discursive, expository, argumentative and analytical essays are provided. 1. Understanding the Question : Why understanding is important. Common directional terms. Exercise 1: Analysing the question. 2. Planning : Why planning works. Planning stages. Planning a descriptive essay. Exercise 2: Planning. 3. Writing : Why structure is vital. Drafting. Translating your plan into paragraphs - the introduction, the body paragraphs and the conclusion. Exercise 3: Drafting an introduction. Exercise 4: Drafting body paragraphs. Exercise 5: Drafting the conclusion. Putting it all together. Exercise 6: Drafting an essay. Descriptive essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Describe a ski resort'. 4. The Narrative Essay : Exercise 7: Planning a narrative essay. Exercise 8: Constructing a narrative essay. Narrative essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Tell the story of your life'. 5. The Discursive Essay : Exercise 9: Planning a discursive essay. Exercise 10: Constructing a discursive essay. Discursive essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Discuss the effects that television has had on us'. 6. The Expository Essay : Exercise 11: Planning an expository essay. Exercise 12: Constructing an expository essay. Expository essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Explain how to drive a manual car'. 7. The Analytical Essay : Exercise 13: Planning an analytical essay. Exercise 14: Constructing an analytical essay. Analytical essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Analyse the role of the police in Australia'. 8. The Argumentative Essay : Exercise 15: Planning an argumentative essay. Exercise 16: Constructing an argumentative essay. Argumentative essays for evaluation. Topic set: 'Should capital punishment be re-introduced in Australia?'. 9. Common Faults in Written Expression : Avoiding errors. Exercise 17. Avoiding colloquialisms and slang. Exercise 18: Avoiding cliches. Exercise 19: Avoiding tautology. Exercise 20: Avoiding ambiguity. Exercise 21: Using commas. Exercise 22: Using apostrophes. Exercise 23: Using quotation marks. Exercise 24: Using the right tense. Exercise 25: Avoiding muddled sentences. Exercise 26: Avoiding long sentences. 10. Formal Essay Conventions : Synopsis. Quotations. Footnotes. Bibliography |
| Summary |
Analysing the question - Planning - Structure - Narrative - Discursive - Expository - Analytical - Argumentative - Common faults |
| Notes |
For middle and upper secondary school students |
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English language -- Composition and exercises
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Essay
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English language -- Rhetoric
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Report writing
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Essay -- Technique
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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Report writing.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Australian school textbook collection.
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| ISBN |
0732902010 |
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