A+ Freshman Five Boxed Set

by Alison Plus

Overview

The first year of college can be challenging for many reasons. The classes are harder, the schedule is more demanding, and you will be expected to manage everything on your own, perhaps for the first time in your life.

And the papers! You have to write so many papers!

But there is help available for the papers, at least.

The Freshman Five Boxed Set contains the five Alison Plus Guides to Writing for the five types of papers most college freshmen will have to write: five-paragraph essays, short answer essays, compare and contrast essays, persuasive essays, and narrative essays. Each assignment type has different challenges and goals, but now one collection makes all five writing guides available in one boxed set.

Here are each of the five writing guides contained in this boxed set.
Book One: A+ Guide to Five-Paragraph Essays
Book Two: Short Answer Essays
Book Three: Compare and Contrast Essays
Book Four: Persuasive Essays
Book Five: Narrative Essays

Here's what people are saying about these booklets.

"The method for turning a thesis statement into topic sentences was very useful and easy to apply."

"I thought proofreading meant you should read the paper and hope you spot the mistakes. Now I have a better way to do that, using the layered technique."

"I thought outlining was a waste of time and a headache. But the 'working outline' was actually very helpful and made me see that an outline isn't about roman numerals and indents."

"Thank you for the guidance. I have made a breakthrough!"

"Awesome!"

"The grid made a big job seem really manageable."

"This made it all seem really easy."

"I thought I should just write about what happened. If I had done that, I would have left out some important things. Thanks for showing me what was missing!"

"Whew! I tried this, and wrote my paper in record time!"

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156809110
Publisher:	Four-Ply Publishing
Publication date:	09/12/2016
Series:	A+ Guides to Writing , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	305 KB

About the Author

Hi! I’m Alison Plus, and I’ve spent many years editing books for publication, teaching writing at the college level, and tutoring students in junior high, high school, college, and graduate school. You know how they say that our education system “teaches to the test” now? As a practical matter, this means that many schools no longer teach students how to write papers. Oh, they still teach basic grammar and reading comprehension because standardized testing can measure that. But if they take valuable classroom time to show you how to organize different kinds of paragraphs, what to stress in different kinds of papers, and how to set up a thesis and support, they are possibly endangering their entire school’s test scores. Therefore, many schools no longer teach these basic writing and organization skills.
This is why I decided to write a series of booklets addressing different kinds of writing assignments. Each booklet starts by examining the nature of the assignment type – short answer essays have different goals from five-paragraph essays, which are organized differently from literature reviews, which are set up in a way very different from an argument paper. After we understand the basic purpose of the paper type, we move methodically through the different types of sentences and paragraphs, building a template that you can follow to write your own papers. Each booklet also includes proofreading tips designed for the particular assignment type and word processing software, as applicable.
Take your time going through each booklet the first time! You’re not only writing a paper, but you’re also learning a method that you will be able to transfer to future assignments. Allot enough time to absorb each step in the process, and in the end, you’ll have more than just a finished essay. You’ll have skills to make you a better writer going forward.
And be sure to check out my twitter feed for short tips on academic writing!