"Fifty Great Essays" provides an outstanding collection of classic and contemporary writing as part of Longman' s Penguin Academics Series of low-cost, high-quality offerings. Classic and contemporary essays. General Interest.

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This second instantly scored practice can help college students looking to strengthen their core English skills for their classes and assignments. Includes 25 questions that cover diction and tone, including how to recognize and avoid jargon, euphemisms, pretentiousness, sexism, inflammatory language, and informality in your academic writing.

This instantly scored practice can help college students looking to strengthen their core English skills for their classes and assignments. Includes 15 questions that cover revising your academic writing, with a focus on revising for clarity, organization, and catching and fixing common grammar and usage errors.

This second practice test will familiarize you with the content, format, and timing of the official TASC Writing Test. Includes examples of high-scoring responses with a scoring guide.

Nitty Gritty Grammar focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. It guides students through the learning process by exploring grammar in context, providing controlled practice, and giving students thought-provoking writing assignments that encourage them to practice freely. The use of grammar structures is illustrated in reading passages taken from a variety of genres, from contemporary fiction to the...