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Funny Argumentative Essay Topics – Choose to be Different
When students are assigned an argumentative essay, their first thoughts are to think about some of the really controversial issues of today – immigration, abortion, health care, animal rights, the environment, and so on. And these are all great topic ideas for argumentative essays. They are also very common, and an instructor is likely to get several on the same topic.
Posted by Laura Callisen 13 Oct 2015
Writing a Funny Narrative Essay
We all like a great story – whether it’s a book we read, a movie we see, or a friend or relative recalling some memorable event. And if that story is especially funny, scary, exciting, or poignant, we stay interested as it is being told. As a student, you will have many opportunities to write narrative essays – in almost every English class you take from 9th grade forward, all the way through college and for admissions and scholarship requirements.
Posted by Andy Preisler 26 Aug 2015
Using Transition Words for Research Papers that Exceed Expectations
When students write research papers, they tend to become hyper-focused on research, factual accuracy, and proving their thesis. This great. After all, these are all very important in a research paper. Unfortunately, this leaves the matter of writing style neglected in many cases. One area that is neglected the most is proper use of transition words for research papers.
Posted by Andy Preisler 19 Aug 2015
Descriptive Essay Prompts and Writing Tips
What is the purpose of a descriptive essay? If you have been given a descriptive essay assignment, your job is to write an essay that evokes clear and interesting images in the minds of your readers. The purpose of this posting is to provide descriptive essay tips, descriptive essay prompts, and other helpful advice on writing descriptive essays. Let’s get started!
Posted by Laura Callisen 17 Aug 2015
The Personal Narrative Essay Outline
There are two times when you will write personal narrative essays – for a college admissions essay requirement and as a course assignment in an English com class. Usually such essays will be written in response to some prompt and will entail your depiction of an experience or experiences that in some way have shaped what you now believe or value.
Posted by Andy Preisler 12 Aug 2015
Studying Famous Narrative Essays
When you are asked to write a personal narrative essay, whether it is as a part of your college admissions package, for scholarship competition, or for an assignment in an English composition class, your first understanding must be that this is not the simplistic essay that you may have written in middle or high school, speaking to your most memorable Christmas or your best vacation, or the scariest moment in your life.
Posted by Andy Preisler 10 Aug 2015
How To Write A Descriptive Essay About A Person
The is something about the personal essays - sometimes they are referred to as “character sketches.” But it is difficult to learn how to write a descriptive essay about a person, because we really do not read them often. We get “pictures” in our heads about characters in a piece of fiction over many pages of writing; and most non-fiction does not entail character sketches.
Posted by Laura Callisen 05 Aug 2015
Good Words for Definition Essay Assignments
How would you define loyalty? Would everyone else define loyalty as you do? Probably not. And this is the reason why writers and authors spend lots of time and many pages defining words such as these. They have many facets that must be identified and described. The word definition essay is often assigned in English courses, because it is an essay type that is usually in a writing curriculum.
Posted by Andy Preisler 03 Aug 2015
The Compare and Contrast Essay Prompts
Apples and oranges; dogs and cats; spring and fall. These were a few of the topics we were given for a compare and contrast essay as kids in primary school. We made two columns and listed their similarities and their differences, and then we wrote two paragraphs. My thoughts about this type of essay back then were that they were really easy to write. I no longer think that.
Posted by Laura Callisen 29 Jul 2015
List of Interesting Process Analysis Essay Topics
Your perfect topic for a personal analysis essay just a few clicks away! Find the best idea and complete your process analysis paper.
Posted by Andy Preisler 27 Jul 2015
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