Thinking on the Page: A College Student's Guide to Effective Writing


By: Martha Schulman and Gwen Hyman

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Take Charge of Your Writing--and Dazzle Your Instructors! It can be a challenge to achieve writing excellence, but it doesn't have to be mysterious, and it's definitely not impossible. To present powerful ideas effectively in your college essays, you need to break away from rigid rules and structures and start thinking on the page. With this book, you'll learn how to actively engage with a text, analyze it, draw informed conclusions, and then make solid claims about what you have observed. Thinking on the Page will also help you: * Think critically about what you're reading and draw questions and ideas directly from the text * Approach your essay as a story rather than a formula * Work through your ideas by graphing, listing, charting, and drawing * Incorporate relevant outside research * Edit your final essay and polish it to perfection Whether you're in college or high school, you need to communicate your ideas effectively through writing. Thinking on the Page provides innovative tools tailored to the way you learn and write, enabling you to produce thoughtful, analytical, and meaningful work, both in school and beyond.


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Take Charge of Your Writing--and Dazzle Your Instructors

It can be a challenge to achieve writing excellence, but it doesn't have to be mysterious, and it's definitely not impossible. To present powerful ideas effectively in your college essays, you need to break away from rigid rules and structures and start thinking on the page.

With this book, you'll learn how to actively engage with a text, analyze it, draw informed conclusions, and then make solid claims about what you have observed. Thinking on the Page will also help you:

  • Think critically about what you're reading and draw questions and ideas directly from the text
  • Approach your essay as a story rather than a formula
  • Work through your ideas by graphing, listing, charting, and drawing
  • Incorporate relevant outside research
  • Edit your final essay and polish it to perfection
Whether you're in college or high school, you need to communicate your ideas effectively through writing. Thinking on the Page provides innovative tools tailored to the way you learn and write, enabling you to produce thoughtful, analytical, and meaningful work, both in school and beyond.

Title: Thinking on the Page: A College Student's Guide to Effective Writing

Author Name: Martha Schulman and Gwen Hyman

ISBN Number: 159963869X

ISBN-13: 9781599638690

Location Published: USA, Writer's Digest Books: 2015

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: New

Size: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm

Kg: 1.00 Kg

Type: Book

Categories: Writing & Editing, Study and Writing Skills, Academic, Essay, Assignment Writing, Academic, Essay, Assignment Writing

Seller ID: 002139