English Composition

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Whereas most writing texts focus exclusively on analysis or techniques to improve writing, Holcomb and Killingsworth blend these two schools of thought to provide a singular process of thinking about writing. They discuss not only the benefits of conventional methods, but also the use of deviation from tradition; the strategies authors use to vary their style; and the use of such vehicles as images, tropes, and schemes.

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Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. Elizabeth McCracken, author of bestselling novels, National Book Award long-listed story collections, and a highly praised memoir, has been teaching for more than thirty-five years, guiding her many students through their own answers. In A Long Game, she shares insights gleaned along the way.

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Photography is one of the most fulfilling, creative, lucrative, and challenging art forms. While cameras come in all shapes, sizes, costs, and capacities, digital cameras have the potential to make any novice photographer seem like an expert with a couple of adjustments. While photography is art, there are still scientific rules that apply to its expression. While the artistic side of photography can be achieved by the photographer's creativity, passion, and personal expression, the technical side has to be learned.

Seven hundred years ago, Silverhart’s homeeworld was destroyed by the Void Goddess, Ianysis. Now, Silverhart finds himself cast into the Void. He needs to return home to save Tellis from suffering a similar fate. Silverhart’s only hope lies in the Winter Wyvern who can create Rifts to travel through the Void. The only problem is… each Rift’s destination is completely random.

Are you struggling with an essay about a work of literature? This guide will get you started on the process of closely reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood by giving you strategies and ideas useful for secondary and post-secondary students. Included is a detailed act-by-act plot summary with analysis points, overviews of several schools literary theory, several angles through which analyze the novel and a brief list of littered terms appropriate for analyzing literature. You will learn how to develop a thesis or argument, to create substantial body paragraphs, and to correctly ...

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This book utilizes a step-by-step process for simplified writing of academic essays. It discusses essay building blocks (paragraphs, topic sentences, and supporting details), patterns of development (cause and effect, comparison and contrast, definition, illustration/exemplification, and narration), introduction, body, and conclusion. It also details the writing process from start to finish, including ways to generate essay ideas. It is full of examples and activities to help the reader learn and progress.

With the signature wit and humor that has garnered him legions of fans, Gantos instructs young writers on using their "writing radar" to find story ideas in their own lives. Incorporating his own misadventures as a developing writer, Gantos inspires listeners to build confidence and establish good writing habits as they create and revise their stories. More than just a how-to guide, Writing Radar is a celebration of the power of storytelling and an ode to the characters who - many unwittingly - inspired Gantos' own writing career.

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