A dozen principles of good writing - EXCLUSIVELY !
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A dozen principles of good writing - EXCLUSIVELY !
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A summary of Chapter 3 - Barron SAT II Writing. Abridged by Lan Tran.
A summary of Chapter 3 - Barron SAT II Writing. Abridged by Lan Tran.
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START WITH AN APPEALING AND INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION
An essay with an unimaginative start begins with a handicap, and the writer will have to work much harder to overcome the reader’s first impressions.
Beware also of openings that are too cute or precious, as in
Little did Washington know as he sat sipping a brew on the veranda at Mount Vernon with his little woman Martha beside him, that , … ect
--> Be thoughtful and clever, yes, but not obnoxious
Throughout the recorded time, man has struggled to keep the flame of freedom alive
--> Be intelligent and perceptive, yes, but not pompous
Techniques for pulling readers into the body of an essay are unlimited. Here are some popular formats
Begin with a brief incident or anecdote that relates to the point of your essay.
--> When Joanie entered Springdale high school early last September, she didn’t know that she had left her constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate
State a provocative idea in an ordinary way or an ordinary idea in a provocative way
-->The a person is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty is an alien concept in Room 202 of my school
Use a quote from the test question, from Shakespeare, or any other source
--> Some animals are equal, but some are more equal than others – George Orwell said that
Knock down a commonly held assumption or define a word in a new and startling way
--> When Ivan Ulove, a Russian immigrant, arrived in Vermont, he learnt that freedom does not mean cutting down a neighbor’s maple tree
Ask an interesting question, or two, which you will answer in your essay.
--> Is true democracy possible ? Or is it just an idea to work for ?
Make an unexpected connection between your topic and a bit of culture
--> We will get by with a little from out friends. That, at least, was the hope of Hurricane Andrew’s victims after the winds died down.
Create suspense by waiting until the end of the opening passage to reveal your topic
--> Michael Jackson takes his everywhere, while Julia Roberts takes hers to bed. Rob Lowe keeps one in each Porches and Jennifer Leigh has one made of gold. Happiness for all these starts depends on having a cellular telephone at their fingertips.
If none of these works, or if you don’t have time, declare your thesis right up front. But don’t phrase it like an announcement, as in “In this essay, I am going to prove that democracy is not dead”. State your point, as in “Democracy is far from dead”, and take it from here
An essay with an unimaginative start begins with a handicap, and the writer will have to work much harder to overcome the reader’s first impressions.
Beware also of openings that are too cute or precious, as in
Little did Washington know as he sat sipping a brew on the veranda at Mount Vernon with his little woman Martha beside him, that , … ect
--> Be thoughtful and clever, yes, but not obnoxious
Throughout the recorded time, man has struggled to keep the flame of freedom alive
--> Be intelligent and perceptive, yes, but not pompous
Techniques for pulling readers into the body of an essay are unlimited. Here are some popular formats
Begin with a brief incident or anecdote that relates to the point of your essay.
--> When Joanie entered Springdale high school early last September, she didn’t know that she had left her constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate
State a provocative idea in an ordinary way or an ordinary idea in a provocative way
-->The a person is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty is an alien concept in Room 202 of my school
Use a quote from the test question, from Shakespeare, or any other source
--> Some animals are equal, but some are more equal than others – George Orwell said that
Knock down a commonly held assumption or define a word in a new and startling way
--> When Ivan Ulove, a Russian immigrant, arrived in Vermont, he learnt that freedom does not mean cutting down a neighbor’s maple tree
Ask an interesting question, or two, which you will answer in your essay.
--> Is true democracy possible ? Or is it just an idea to work for ?
Make an unexpected connection between your topic and a bit of culture
--> We will get by with a little from out friends. That, at least, was the hope of Hurricane Andrew’s victims after the winds died down.
Create suspense by waiting until the end of the opening passage to reveal your topic
--> Michael Jackson takes his everywhere, while Julia Roberts takes hers to bed. Rob Lowe keeps one in each Porches and Jennifer Leigh has one made of gold. Happiness for all these starts depends on having a cellular telephone at their fingertips.
If none of these works, or if you don’t have time, declare your thesis right up front. But don’t phrase it like an announcement, as in “In this essay, I am going to prove that democracy is not dead”. State your point, as in “Democracy is far from dead”, and take it from here
Re: A dozen principles of good writing - EXCLUSIVELY !
Thank you very much for those useful posts above! They definitely flash my mind!
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