College Essay Anyone

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College Essay Anyone?

• The following presentation will help give you
  some techniques in writing your college essay, as
  well as aid you in any other kind of writing

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Kinds of writing

• Poetry
• Creative Non-Fiction
• Personal Essay, which is your college essay
• Academic writing, such as literary analysis,
  comparison/contrast, definition,
  persuasive/argumentative

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Audience Requirements

• Here are 5 strategies we will start with in your
  writing.
• Your audience will definitely need to see these
  strategies.

Hooking up with the reader
Surprise!!
College Essay
Verbs charge A sentence
Show me the money
Be specific
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BE SPECIFIC

• With your Nouns

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Be Specific!
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General Be Specific
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Okay, now you try! Be creative

• Highway
• Book
• Tree
• Dog
• Shirt
• Shoes
• Rock
• present

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Be specific with your Verbs

• He went across the road?
• Change went to walked, ran, darted, sped,
  skidded, limped, trudged, moped, slid, flopped,
  lunged, oozed, melted, thumped, skipped, clicked,
  floated
• Convey connotations.

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Verb get out and do something!
Boring!!! Revised
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The Building Fell.

• The walls of the Civic center crumbled and the
  glass shattered.
• The ice loosened and cracked against the glass.

• The ice melted in the glass.

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More?!?! You say

• DULLULL Cant smell a thing.
• The garbage is in the garage
• Ahhhsmells so much better!
• The molded coffee grounds, brown lettuce, and
  bits of hamburger rotted and steamed in the can.

And dont forget the tangible nouns!! Give me
something to hold onto! Make it real!!
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If you specify, your grade COULD be
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And Now..

• Go forth, young children, and write the college
  essay no one else will write!!! Specify,
  specify, specify.