Incorporating source material in an essay is discussed.

How do I use source material correctly and effectively in an essay?

Parallel structure in writing is depicted.

What is parallelism in regards to composition?

Effective thesis statements.

What is a thesis statement? How do I form a successful thesis statement?

Determining the various uses of similes, metaphors, and analogies is noted.

What is the difference between a simile, a metaphor, and an analogy?

The differences between speech and writing.

What are the differences between writing and speech? When do we use spoken words, and why? Think of the characteristics of the written form - it has longer, more involved sentences, because we can see what's there and revise it. We use complex sentences in writing and we don't usually do that in speaking. After all, we have time to think about how we are going to say something when we write it, whereas we don't often have that time and brain space when we are talking. It's a one-way method of communication, for the most part. Think of the characteristics of the spoken form - we think on our feet, so we're colloquial, we use idiomatic expression, and are not always grammatical - j... click for more