Writings:
College Essay (Narrative); Response; Informative; Comparison; Persuasive
Punctuating Titles: Italics, Underlining, and "Quotations"
Writing NO NO #1--do not use 1st or 2nd person
College Essay/Personal Narrative
Examples of excellent college essays:
Piano, Basketball, Soccer/Camp
Several more college essay examples & high school where wrote them
College Essay Narrative Rubric for Editor & Self Assessment
Response Writing
Argument Essay
Argument Claim vs. Expository Essay Thesis
The thesis statement or main claim must be debatable. An argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. In other words, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on
a handout to explain the argument paper
104 Expository vs. Claim -a video
Graphic Organizers for Argument:
Nothing is sacred about using any of these pre-printed organizers; you could easily make one of your own!
Sample Literary Argument (LA student)
Informative Essay
Literary Analysis:
The Structural Organization for Literary
Analysis
Comparative/Contrast Essay
Instructions for Writing Comparison
Simple Version Comparison: Block & Point by Point form
How to Write the Comparison Essay
Comparative Analysis in more depth (Harvard University)
Cornell's easy MLA text citation & bibliography&
comparison editor's check list
comparison rubric
A student comparative example