Presents a guide to developing one's expository writing skills and features numerous worksheets, activities, and lessons throughout.

Written sometime in the 4th Century BC, Aristotle's "Rhetoric" is the definitive treatise on the art of persuasive public speaking. The art of oratorical persuasion was an essential skill for the successful politician during the days of ancient Greece and Aristotle's "Rhetoric" is considered one of the greatest works from antiquity on the subject. Like many of the surviving works attributable to Aristotle, "Rhetoric" was not intended for public dissemination,...

Learn to outsmart your classmates with the tips in this exciting, top secret book! The secret tips included in this simple, easy-to-read text will have you writing opinion, fact, narrative, and directions in no time!

Examines the different points of view authors can use to tell a story. Includes text-related exercises, examples from literature, a glossary, resources for further information, and photographs.

Presents basic techniques for writing personal narratives. Identifies strategies for planning your narrative, outlines the basic structures of narratives, and suggests techniques for writing clearly, concisely and effectively.

Offers advice on improving writing skills and promoting a style marked by simplicity, orderliness, and sincerity.