by Susan Osborn | Mar 30, 2018 | College Admissions
How to Get Off the Wait List and Into Your Dream College You’ve just opened a letter from your dream school and discovered that you’ve been waitlisted. Your heart sinks. Now what? If you are waitlisted, contact the admissions officers at that college and remind them...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 29, 2018 | AP, Classroom Skills
How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis Essay A rhetorical analysis essay requires you to write about an author’s writing. In other words, in a rhetorical analysis essay, you write about the way an author uses words to influence or persuade an audience to do or think...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 9, 2018 | Classroom Skills
Serial Commas and Their Virtues Those of you who already know me, know that I glow when I talk about commas. My favorite comma of all is the serial comma, also known as the series comma, Oxford comma, and Harvard comma. A serial comma is the comma that is used after...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 9, 2018 | AP
Synthesis Essays: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide A synthesis essay is generally a short essay which brings two or more sources (or perspectives) into conversation with each other. The word “synthesis” confuses every student a little bit. Fortunately, this step-by-step...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 9, 2018 | AP
AP English: The Essential Guide to Tone and Tone Words At a recent AP English exam grading session, the head reader made special note of one aspect of AP instruction which she felt needed addressing. “Teachers should teach tone, always asking students to show...
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