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Title: Painless Writing (Barron's Painless Series) by Jeffrey Strausser, Denise Gilgannon ISBN: 0-7641-1810-2 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This wonderful book helped me to get into college!
Comment: This fabulous book gave me tons of great tips on how to write an excellent essay. I bought this book to help find tune my college essay and was amazed at the results. My dull, explanatory essay was transformed into an exciting masterpiece that helped me get into an Ivy League school. With helpful examples and complete web addresses, "Writing Painlessly" enabled me to write a concise, grammatically correct, and connected piece. The web sites were informative and added complementary knowledge to what this book provided for me. After I showed this book to my enlgish teacher, she loved it so much that she is considering using it as a supplement for our class. If you have ever dreaded writing a school paper before, this book is for you. With fun exercises and great illustrations, this book is informative and educational. I strongly recommend that you buy this book to help with your papers, essays, and even poetry. Covering the basics, yet expanding to encompass the fine arts of more advanced language, "Writing Painlessly" can be used at almost all english levels.
Rating: 5
Summary: Where was this book when I went to school?
Comment: Teaching English writing classes suddenly got a whole lot easier. This masterful piece makes writing well seem simple. What a fabulous tool for students!! All of my classes will be using this book in the future (and loving it).
Rating: 5
Summary: Give "Painless Writing" an A+
Comment: Give an A+ and 5 stars to Jeffrey Strausser's "Painless Writing." Although the "Painless" series books are geared toward middle school students, I highly recommend this book to any one of any age.
On my high school graduation day over twenty years ago, I stepped off the platform with a diploma in my hand and a gold cord of excellence around my neck for winning the English award. I sailed with ease through my college composition courses and I annually compose about a thousand messages and memos to perform my job. Therefore, I thought there was nothing that I could learn about writing from a simple, entertaining book like "Painless Writing." I was wrong.
I was excited to discover that some of the topics and techniques covered in "Painless Writing" were new to me. For instance, I had never encountered the term "nominalizations" before. If that term is new to you, too, don't worry; you'll find out how to use them properly. Also, I was surprised to learn that the term "expletive construction" did not pertain to words best left out of fine, cultured writing, but rather, it refers to sentences beginning with the words "there are," "it is," etc.
"Painless Writing" simply explains each new topic and then provides exercises with answers to allow you to practice the new skills and techniques being covered. These exercises are not dull and boring like those we suffered with in our grammar books once-upon-a-time ago; they are entertaining and delightful.
Sample examples show both "poor" and "better" writing. I thought this method of teaching was extremely helpful.
The test answers are written out completely and then explained by the author. So, if you choose a wrong answer, you can see why the other answer was correct. This extra effort on the author's part is invaluable.
Another feature that I liked was the page numbering. "Say, what?" you say. Yes, I loved the page numbering. Each page number is written large enough for even forty-year old eyes to read and highlighted in a pink circle making it easy to see (this is great for flipping to the answer section).
I have already begun to incorporate some techniques that I learned from this book into both my private and professional writing.
Good job, Jeffrey Strausser.
The contents cover the following topics: Preposition clutter, enlivening writing, silencing the passive voice, reducing nominalizations/activating your writing, smoothing out your writing, using commas (not a boring chapter! you'll like it), adding rhythm to your writing, ten common writing errors (several of which I needed review), and for those still in school-a real bonus-a template for writing a term paper.
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Title: Painless Grammar (Barron's Painless Series) by Rebecca S. Elliott, Laurie Hamilton ISBN: 0812097815 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Painless Spelling (Barron's Painless Series) by Mary Elizabeth Podhaizer, Hank Morehouse ISBN: 0764105671 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Painless Algebra (Barron's Painless Series) by Lynette Ph.D. Long, Hank Morehouse ISBN: 0764106767 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Painless Math Word Problems (Barron's Painless Series) by Marcie F. Abramson, Rika Spungin, Laurie Hamilton ISBN: 0764115332 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Painless Fractions (Barron's Painless Series) by Alyece Cummings, Laurie Hamilton ISBN: 0764104454 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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