"Iis it easy being green?" : writing the new college application essay / Justin Nevin.
By: Nevin, Justin.
Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, 2014Description: pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781492603771 (trade : alk. paper).Other title: Writing the new college application essay.Subject(s): College applications -- United States | Essay -- Authorship | Exposition (Rhetoric) | Universities and colleges -- United States -- AdmissionGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 378.1/616| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | LB2351.52.U6 N47 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004887 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : a creative equivalent to the five-paragraph essay -- Narrative essays -- Lyric essays -- Fact vs. truth -- Reduction and style before content -- Campus narratives, short responses, and non-narrative reponses -- A look at narrative-lyric balance -- Technical guidelines to writing the personal essay -- Conceptual guidelines to writing the personal essay -- Other compositional considerations -- Appendices: A1. Essay questions you might see -- A2. Strategies for brainstorming personal material -- A3. Matching essays with applications -- A4. Timelines for applying -- A5. Teacher recommendations -- A6. Interview with an interviewer -- A7. Online resources.