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"his eBook provides instructions for writing clear and compelling essays. It covers the essentials, including identifying audience and purpose, brainstorming, choosing a thesis, drafting, and proofing/editing." --

Visual writing can teach you how to organize your thoughts for effective writing and communication with word webs, maps, flow charts, Venn diagrams, sequential charts, plot diagrams, sample topics, model essays, and more!

Discusses the elements of paragraph writing, including the presentation of a clear thesis statement. Explores the structure of paragraph arrangement, illustrating introductory, supporting and concluding paragraphs.

Presents a guide to the basic rules of grammar and their application in writing and for developing a commonsense approach to lucid and effective composition in any format.

This 30-question practice set will help you improve your ability to read and understand persuasive writing. It includes three persuasive passages, instant scoring, and detailed answer explanations.

In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps that we all can take to make our writing more effective, more interesting - and just plain better. As "lolspeak" and texts take over our linguistic consciousness, Yagoda emphasizes the lost art of grammar and the well-constructed sentence. He provides clear grammatical rules to help students and writers everywhere write better; this is a book for anyone who wants to improve his or her...

"When you learn how to put your reader first at every stage of book development, writing, and editing, you can create the connection and trust required to transform their lives. In these pages, Harper reveals the proven methods and frameworks she has used for nearly two decades to write and edit perennial bestsellers. It's not the easy way, or the fast way; it's the effective way. The payoff for doing this important work: a must-read book, and a massive...

This interactive tutorial will help you build the skills you need to succeed on the GED Reasoning through Language Arts test. Learn reading topics you need to know and get practice with the types of questions you will encounter on the real test.