Fundamentals of Essay Writing: An Orientation Manual : Questions, Answers, and Examples Concerning Effective Essay WritingEveryone can improve his or her writing ability. Effective essay writing is an acquired skill. It is not a subject so much as it is a process based on techniques. The techniques can be incorporated into one's consciousness and drawn upon according to one's particular needs and at one's convenience. The questions, answers, and examples presented here are intended to aid in the acquisition of these skills. Dr. Erskine Peters received his Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. He is a graduate of Paine College and has also studied at Yale University and Oberlin College. He was Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to that he was Associate Professor of African-American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Peters is also the author of "William Faulker: The Yoknapatawpha World and Black Being" and "African Openings to the Tree of Life." |
Common terms and phrases
Afro-American Alan Dundes American American Chemical Society Arna Bontemps beat bibliography Bontemps and Hughes clarity clauses standing Comma conclusion coordinating conjunction critical David Sargent descriptive mode discussion elements endnote ESSAY WRITING evaluate EXAMPLES FOR PUNCTUATING exposition expository feel find in jive footnote FOUR MODES FREDERICK DOUGLASS friends give H. C. Wright Hugh Auld Hughes find independent clause joined interpret intext-author-date system introduction jive language Langston Hughes MANUMISSION PAPERS marks materials ment MLA STYLE MANUAL Modern Language Association MODES OF DISCOURSE notetaking organization paragraph passport Phillis Wheatley present principle Ralph Waldo Emerson rap music poetry Rap''s Rhythms re-write reader reference citation roadblock robbed Roots of Mainstream RULES OF MECHANICS scrutinize sense sentence slavery Smitherman specific STYLE MANUAL Technique of Jive thesis statement Thomas Auld thoughts tive transaction United violation VOGUE September 1981 words WRITING ABILITY WRITING PROJECT YORK 11 August