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Formatting an Essay Like the New York Review of Books
To make your essay look like one of the essays on nybooks.com, you’ll need the following: all the publishing info about your book; an image that evokes an important idea within your essay; a caption for your image, including whose … Continue reading
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The Dauntless Oracle
Recently, former student Austin Anderson e-mailed me to say hello, and to let me know about a new blog he started, called The Dauntless Oracle. On it, he writes about a range of topics, but all of them seem to be … Continue reading
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The Rhetorical Triangle
For future reference, some questions to ask when you’re beginning a piece of rhetorical analysis.
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Aristotle, Joshua Bell, and Persuasion
Watch the video. Then I’ll have a few words about this after the jump.
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Essayists for Author Study 3
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On Lying to Your Test Scorer
Earlier this fall I took part of a day to introduce students to the three essays that are usually components of the AP Language & Composition test most of them will take in May. These include the synthesis essay, a … Continue reading
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