The 5 Essays You Must Master to Be College Ready

A Complete Guide to Nailing the Most Common Essays You'll Encounter in College

By: Laura Torres

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Paperback | 1 August 2017

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The 5 Essays You Must Master to Be College Ready includes lessons, tips, and organisational guides for writing clear and compelling essays. Torres walks students through the complete writing process, from outlining to revising and ultimately evaluating their work (with provided grading rubrics).

With this easy-to-follow instruction, students can master these essay types, be college ready, and redefine what it means to think and communicate well.

About the Author

Laura Torres received both her B.A. and M.A. in English and then went on to become an author. She has written curriculum for grades K-6, focusing on Composition, Humanities, Creative Writing, and Literature and English. She currently teaches first-year college students.

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Students who lack a basic understanding of the essentials of essay writing suffer from poor grades and low self-confidence. Laura Torres, a college composition teacher, wants to help, with discrete chapters on research, essay prompts, and the five different kinds of essays. Within each chapter, Torres establishes a routine to help avoid writer’s block and get ideas flowing. She works on skills like effective description in narrative essays, avoiding logical fallacies in argumentative essays, and effective organization in compare/contrast essays. Each section builds on the one before it, so that by the time you have written your way through, you will be ready for anything college throws your way.

The material in this book is pretty standard; the information, tips, and suggestions are not particularly ground-breaking or revelatory. However, following Torres’s guidance will get you a solid foundation from which to build. This book’s biggest strength is its easy-to-follow format. The text instructions are straightforward and easy to understand, perfect for any high school student. The graphic design of this book is quite nice, with pictures, flowcharts, diagrams, and other pictorial aides to help with comprehension. This book is perfect for getting familiar with college essay writing and the writing process.

Reviewed By: Gretl - Age 16—Grett, Kids Book Buzz

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