Extremely important essay form that lays the groundwork for persuading others to see your side. Students will be asked to write this essay type (also known as a persuasive essay) from grade school through college, and definitely on standardized tests. Beyond school, much of a career can be spent debating points to persuade your peers, coworkers, colleagues, customers, vendors, constituents, etc. Which is why the skill is important enough to be tested nationwide. Great for school, these 6 laminated pages can last to support the process of persuasion for a lifetime. 6-page laminated guide includes: Understanding Argument & the Writing process Logic in Argument Six Evidences of a Good Argument Types of Arguments What an Argument Requires Arguable Issues Reading Argumentative Materials Writing Your Own Argument Critical Thinking Prompts Purpose & Parts of an Argument Types of Claims Types of Evidence Types of Fallacies Questions for Reading/Writing an Argument Writing the Argumentative Essay Understanding the Audience Research Model Essay Outline Sample Essay

"A fine historic exploration of why marriage treatments in literary texts are transformed between the 14th and 16th centuries. . . . This volume has the power and evidence--both historic and textual--to revamp our understanding of crucial texts. . . . I will never read Chaucerian texts of wives and widows the same again!"--Jean E. Jost, Bradley University "An extremely readable study of literary responses to changing marriage law, including an in-depth study of Chaucer and a wide-ranging examination of Renaissance dramatists."--Emily A. Detmer, Millikin University From the 14th century to the middle of the 17th, changes in marriage law affected literary depictions of marriage in marked ways, according to Kathryn Jacobs's astute interdisciplinary treatment of nuptial contracts. She relates the changes in marriage law and also the enforcement policies of church courts to the changing literary treatment of marriage in Chaucer's work, in medieval mystery plays, and in the Renaissance plays of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. When Chaucer was writing his Canterbury Tales, Jacobs argues, the marriage contract was well known to his audience. He could therefore count on them to recognize the parallels he draws between this familiar contract and the extramarital or postmarital "contracts" he designed. The mystery plays, meanwhile, were popular precisely because they violated the marriage contract as it was commonly known. By the Renaissance, however, church law had changed drastically, and the drama reflected public resentment and confusion about the new policies. One of the unexpected results of this was the birth of the "lusty widow" as a stage fantasy figure. Focusing first on Chaucer and then on drama, Jacobs offers a bridge between the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, showing how the lives of everyday people in each age were affected by the handling of marriage law in the ecclesiastical courts. Kathryn Jacobs, associate professor of literature and languages at Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas, is the author of articles in such journals as Chaucer Review and Mediaevalia.

A portrait of autism, in verse and prose.

Kathryn Jacobs' poems lead us, in clear and sometimes playful language, through various stages of our lives. Her imagery is powerful and her language choices meaningful, causing the reader to want to keep turning pages and continue the journey with her. As Jacobs says to her reader in her poem, "Packing," "I'm packing poetry around what breaks / and that means everything." In this delightful collection, it does indeed. -Leslie Clark, Editor of Voices on the Wind online poetry journal By turns beautiful and witty or poignant and achingly sad, the poetry of Kathryn Jacobs charms and entertains the reader and is often thought provoking and provocative. Wedged Elephant is a strong and striking collection that touches on a range of topics, from family relationships and losses to nature in its many engaging forms. -Christopher T. George, Editor of Loch Raven Review Jacobs' world is bittersweet, beautiful and painful; the kind of honest simplicity that denial was created to deny, the kind of thing we love to forget. Jacobs forgets nothing. And yet she makes it funny at times. Some of Jacobs' work is strict formal verse, as in "Laying up." But even "the freeist" of Jacobs' free verse is thick with rhythm and alliteration and assonance that dovetails with the tone. -James Prother, Former Editor of The Road Not Taken

Take your composition writing to the next level. Research papers have a particular style and usage with rules and conventions particular to that class of writing. This guide will walk you through specific concepts, showing you common errors and how to avoid them.

The fourth volume of FROM SAC. This issue addresses the theme of being an Outsider. At some point, we have all felt outside of something: at school, at work, at home, in our community, in a relationship; or perhaps more of a physical outsider, whether outside our house, our town, our state, our country. Wherever we are, and whatever we are doing, we are simultaneously an insider and an outsider. Often we define ourselves by what or where we are in, but equally we are constructed by those whats and those wheres that we are not in. Whatever and however it may be, we want to know what makes you, or others, feel like an OUTSIDER. This is the first issue that FROM SAC has sought submissions outside of Northern California. We heard from everyone all over the world, and volume four is full of amazing writing and authors, as well and photographs.

The most important form of writing in academics whether for class or for standardized tests is the same skill of persuasion that is monumentally important in life. This 6 page laminated guide has the essentials of building a level of persuasion that cannot be beat. With the task of "selling a jar of trouble" the breakdown of skills to selling an idea, concept or viewpoint in essay form are just as useful for a speech, debate or a sales pitch. Boost scores for essays and on standardized tests for less money than the cost of lunch. Communication & Ethos Goals The Target Audience The Unintended Audience Engaging the Audience Authority & Audience Identifying with the Audience (Immersion) Venue Matters The Vexed Problem of Literacy Outline: How to Persuade People to Buy Trouble Sample Persuasive Essay & Breakdown