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AECI Level 4 Handbook
by Jeff Moy ©
“...the unexamined life is not worth living.”
Plato, The Apology
Table of Contents
Page Number
Seven Principles of Good Writing 3
Basic Writing Definitions 4
The Writing Process and Peer Review 5
Review of the Paragraph 6
Introduction to the Essay / The Five-Paragraph Theme 7-9
Simple Introductions 10
Creative Introductions 11
Transitional Sentences 12
Pronoun Usage 13
Some Purposes for writing and communicating in English 14
Modes or Flexible Patterns of Development 15-22
A Sentence 23-24
Logical Connectors / Transitions and Conjunctions 25-26
Parallelism 27-28
Repetition 29
Where's my Pencil? 30-31
In-class Essay Questions: Weapons in the Classroom 32
In-class Essay Question: Talking on a Cell Phone while Driving a Car 33
Are you Hard-headed? 34
Advice for Writing an In-class Essay 35
The Debate Handout 36
Censoring The Internet 37
Doctor-assisted Suicide 38
Capital Punishment 39
Public Speaking 40
Putting Together an Effective Speech Presentation 41-43
Speech Evaluation Form 44
Sample Speech Outline 45-46
The Research Paper 47-49
Stress in English 50
English Rhythm 51-53
Essential Quotes 54-61
US History 62-64
Money 65-67
Some Simple Aphorisms or Pithy Little Sayings 68
Ground Rules 69
Seven Principles of Good Writing
1. Appropriateness
A. The language is appropriate. Normally, the essay should be written in formal, standard English that is used in college.
B. The audience of the essay is appropriate. Usually, the audience is educated people (college students and teachers).
C. The purpose of the essay is appropriate. Recently, the prompts for the test have required the purpose to be to "prove" something which requires writing a persuasive essay. However, a prompt could...