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A Comprehensive
Admissions Essay Help Course (with samples):
Lesson Four:
Style and Tone
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 Introduction
Over the years, our editors
have seen some amazing stories become dreadfully boring and some ridiculously
dry topics transform into an exciting read. The culprit (or hero): writing style.
Witness the advice of some admissions officers:
Use a conversational style
and easy-to-understand language to project a genuine, relaxed image.
Make sure that your essay
is readable. Don't make us work. Give your essay momentum-make sure that the
parts work together and move to a point, carrying the reader along.
Don't bore us. More often
it is the monotonous style, and not the subject matter, that makes these essays
dull.
A large majority of the
corrections made by our editors fall into one of five categories: sentence
variety, word choice, verb
tense, transitions and essay
clichés. If you weren't paying attention in English class, here's
a refresher.
Select One:
From
ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE,
by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan. |
Copyright
1998 by Dan Kaufman. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational
Series, Inc. |
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