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1、WRITE YOUR WAY INTO COLLEGE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 16/15/10 1:30 PM OTHER TITLES OF INTEREST FROM LEARNINGEXPRESS 411 SAT Essay Prompts and Writing Questions Grammar Success in 20 Minutes a Day Write Better Essays in 20 Minutes a Day Writing Skills Success in 20 Minutes
2、a Day 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 26/15/10 1:30 PM N E W Y O R K WRITE YOUR WAY INTO COLLEGE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 36/15/10 1:30 PM Copyright 2010 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conven- tions. Published in the Uni
3、ted States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Write your way into college : college admissions essay / Learning Express, LLC. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-57685-727-4 1. College applicationsUnited States. 2. Universities an
4、d collegesUnited StatesAdmission. 3. Exposition (Rhetoric) 4. EssayAuthorship. I. LearningExpress (Organization) LB2351.52.U6W75 2010 808.066378dc22 2010004076 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition ISBN 13: 978-1-57685-727-4 For information or to place an order, con
5、tact LearningExpress at: 2 Rector Street 26th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 46/15/10 1:30 PM v INTRODUCTION xi CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS A GREAT ESSAY, AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? 1 Greater Admissions Competition 2 Increasing Importance of the Essay 3 Youre in the Drive
6、rs Seat 4 What is a Great Essay? 4 Who is Your Audience? 7 What Not to Write 8 CHAPTER 2 CHOOSING YOUR STORYTHE REVERSE APPROACH 11 Why You Need to Brainstorm 11 Find Your Voice and Find Your Story: Journaling 12 Your Personal Inventory 15 Show, Dont Tell 23 Right Brain Triggers 23 Great Essays: Som
7、e Final Thoughts 24 Contents 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 56/15/10 1:30 PM vi CONTENTS CHAPTER 3 SELECTING AND WORKING WITH A TOPIC 27 Common Application Topics 28 Demonstrated Interest Topics 34 Quotation Prompts 38 Short Answer Prompts 38 Recycling Essays 39 Making the Choice 40 CHAPTER 4 THE WRITIN
8、G PROCESS 43 Narrow Your Focus 43 Plan First, Write Second 44 Creating an Essay Outline 45 Add Depth with Details 46 Great Starts: The Introduction 49 The Meat of the Essay: Effective and Organized Body Paragraphs 51 Strong Finishes: How to Conclude 52 Watch What You Read 55 CHAPTER 5 ESSAY WRITING
9、WORKSHOPPART ONE 57 Get Concise 57 Be Precise 61 Be Accurate 62 Stay Active 66 Eliminate Ambiguity 67 Dont Offend 69 Opening Your ThesaurusThink Twice 70 CHAPTER 6 ESSAY WRITING WORKSHOPPART TWO 73 Grammar Check: A Warning 73 Subject/Verb Agreement 74 Run-on Sentences and Fragments 75 Apostrophe Mis
10、use 76 Comma Misuse 78 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 66/15/10 1:30 PM CONTENTS vii Accidental Shifts 79 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 81 Unclear Pronoun References 81 Spelling 82 CHAPTER 7 FINALIZING AND SUBMITTING THE ESSAY 89 Revising 90 Editing 91 Proofreading 94 Considerations for Electronic and
11、 Paper Submissions 95 CHAPTER 8 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: WHAT WORKS, AND WHAT DOESNT 97 Essay One 98 Essay Two 101 Essay Three 104 Essay Four 107 Essay Five 109 Essay Six 112 Essay Seven 115 Essay Eight 118 APPENDIX A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS RESOURCES 121 ONLINE RESOURCES 121 BOOKS 122 APPENDIX B COLLEGE
12、S THAT ACCEPT THE COMMON APPLICATION 125 ADDITIONAL ONLINE PRACTICE 131 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 76/15/10 1:30 PM 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 86/15/10 1:30 PM ix Lauren Starkey is an author, editor, and educator. She has written 20 books, including How to Write Great Essays, SAT Writing Essentials,
13、 Goof Proof College Admissions Essays, and test prep titles for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT. Lauren created SAT Bootcamp4 Hours to a Higher Score (www.satboot camp.us), a New England-based test strategy workshop thats now in its fourth year. She also writes a column on college admissions for , and
14、provides customized test prep and college essay counseling for individual students. Lauren lives in Vermont with her husband and three children. Contributors 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 96/15/10 1:30 PM 6803_WriteYourWay_FIN.indd 106/15/10 1:30 PM xi T his book is designed to guide students through t
15、he part of the college application that produces the most anxiety: the personal essay. The rest of the application, with the exception of teacher recommendations, is straightforward and objectiveit asks for things like lists of activities, achieve- ments, future plans, and background information. Bu
16、t the essay is different. Hundreds of schools use the Common Application ( monapp.org), which offers a choice of six prompts, or essay topics. Even schools that dont accept the common application usually offer very similar prompts (see Appen- dix B for a list of colleges that accept the common application). However, even with essay topics to guide you, the response field is wide open. You can write about anything you
