Painless Writing (Painless Series)

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Titles in Barron's Painless Series are textbook supplements designed especially for classroom use by middle-school and high school students. The approach of each title is an appeal to students who think that the subject is boring, or too difficult, or both. The authors, all experienced educators, take a light approach, showing kids what is most interesting about each subject, and how seemingly difficult problems can be transformed into fun quizzes, brain-ticklers, and challenging puzzles with rational solutions. Here is practical advice that transforms essay writing into a satisfying experience for middle school and senior high school students. The author offers tips on enlivening writing with vivid images, smoothing out sentences, silencing the dull passive voice, and adding rhythm to writing. He also shows how to create a template that students can use when writing research papers for all subjects. In addition, students will find web site reference s cited throughout the text, which they can access. Brain ticklers (short quizzes) appear throughout the book with an answer key at the back.

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painless writing.......2007-09-23

everthying in the painless series is great well worth the price. great for kids and adults.

Practice Makes Permanent.......2007-05-27

Painless Writing covers pace, rythym, and writing mechanics - and so much more. To writers who want to teach yourselves, this book should be at the top of your list because it unveils the "secrets" of making text appear seamless.

Strausser conveys information in an organized and comprehensive way: he offers websites and stand-out text boxes for easy reference.

Finally, pay attention to the "before" and "after" text examples. Stausser shows a poor example, then an improved one - to reinforce the chapter lesson. Outstanding guidePainless Writing (Painless Series).

Very Helpful.......2006-11-04

My instructor never gave assignments to use the book, but reading through was easy and understanding.

This book helped me passed the THEA exam!.......2004-11-22

Painless Writing helped me prepare for the Writing Section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) exam. The THEA tests your impromptu writing skills. Painless Writing explains nine techniques that improve your writing. I used these techniques and easily passed the test.

What I like most about this book are the numerous examples and tips given for each technique presented. If you are preparing for the THEA exam or writing a high school essay, Painless Writing is an excellent reference book to have!

This wonderful book helped me to get into college!.......2001-11-27

This fabulous book gave me tons of great tips on how to write an excellent essay. I bought this book to help fine 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.

Get to the Point! Painless Advice for Writing Memos, Letters and E-mails Your Colleagues and Clients Will Understand

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Get Writing With Get to the Point
Don't bother with it
The Best Thing Since Elements of Style

Get to the Point! Painless Advice for Writing Memos, Letters and E-mails Your Colleagues and Clients Will Understand
Elizabeth Danziger
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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ASIN: 0609807609
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Take Your Writamins!

Whether you’re an executive whose writing is too stiff, a highly trained professional who can’t string together two coherent sentences, a technical expert who wants to communicate in plain English, or an assistant who needs to brush up on writing basics so you can clean up your boss’s work, you need help. Here, finally, is the fun, informative book you’ve been looking for. Corporate writing coach Elizabeth Danziger presents the entire writing process, from procrastination through proofreading, briefly explaining each key point in a witty, easy-to-read manner. This accessible guide to effective workplace language includes:

* Tips on clear and concise writing
* Secrets of editing and revising
* Simple explanations of the most useful elements of grammar and punctuation
* Frequently misused words and how to remember their correct meanings

With practical information and plenty of good humor, Get to the Point! is the only writing book you’ll ever need.

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Get Writing With Get to the Point.......2007-03-15

Get to the Point provides a wonderful, practical, and useful guide to writing. I recommend it highly.

Don't bother with it.......2006-02-12

Elizabeth Danziger in her book Get to the Point attempts to offer readers a game plan to reduce stress and anxiety in an effort to write more effective memos, letters, and e-mails. Danziger is the fonder of WorkTalk, an organization dedicated to improving the communication of individuals and organizations, & she has written for popular magazines such as: Readers Digest and Family Circle. In this book, Danziger offers solid advice on how to deal with writer's block, & in some chapters, she gives visual checklists to help guide readers in the writing process.

However, readers will find the book unfocused; for example, in Chapter2 entitled: Planning your Writing, she has too many headings & subheading; one heading is: Analyze your reader before you start, which is about a half a page, then on the next page, she talks about how to connect with your reader using a 3 level formula. Yet, no where in the 3 level formula does she go into any detail, then jumps to a topic called "hot buttons" in which she offers little examples of how to determine the "hot buttons" of the writer's audience.

In addition to the lack of focus, you will find that the book is poorly organized. Some chapters have visual examples, and others do not. Chapter 6, Choose words Wisely, Chapter 7, Help for the Grammar Phobic, & Chapter 8 Mark my Punctuation should have all been combined as they deal with many of the same topics.

All in all, Danziger's book is a good example of a person that might be able to write magazine articles but does not have the ability to write a book. It's ironic that on the back of the book cover it says, "Get to the point! Is the only writing book you'll ever need" and I am saying this is the only book you should run from don't waste your money on this.

The Best Thing Since Elements of Style.......2002-10-28

This book is great! Funny, easy to read, and phenomenally useful. Everyone should own one.

Painless Police Report Writing: An English Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals, Second Edition

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Painless Police Report Writing: An English Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals, Second Edition
Barbara Frazee , and Joseph N. Davis
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With the authors' combined knowledge of English instruction and police training, this book serves as an invaluable resource for today's law enforcement personnel while furnishing them with a solid guide to English grammar and report writing techniques. User-friendly and highly relevant to the field, this book takes readers through the process of police report writing while using tangible explanations, examples, and exercises geared specifically to law enforcement interests. Incorporating grammar and composition skills with proven effective police reporting techniques and strategies, the Second Edition focuses on the importance of using correct English composition to ensure accurate police reports. For professionals with a career in law enforcement, criminal justice, and report writing.

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Review - Painless Police Report Writing.......2005-08-14

I have been employed full time as a police officer for nearly 13 years. I purchased this publication in hopes that it would provide an effective means of improving my report writing skills. To say the least, the publication is not what I was looking for.

The student workbook portion of the book contains no answer keys. Good luck on blindly grading your work.

If you are looking for a good report writing book, don't purchase this one. It is geared towards a person who has no grammical skills at all. This publication is even below the recruit level of law enforcement.

A COP From Florida.......2001-03-24

This book was not what you would expect from a book claiming to help out law enforcement officers write good reports. This is more like an elementary school work book with tear out pages. If you are looking for a book that will help you write a better narrative for police reports, this book is not going to be it. It was amusing more than it was helpful.

Quick & Painless Business Writing: An Essential Guide to Clear And Powerful Communication

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Quick & Painless Business Writing: An Essential Guide to Clear And Powerful Communication
Susan F. Benjamin
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Want to send an E-mail your boss will open right away? Need a knock-out proposal to seal a deal? Want to create a Web site that no customer can resist?

Quick & Painless Business Writing will show you how.

Yes, you can improve your writing without memorizing endless rules, perusing checklists of do's and don'ts, or revisiting the lessons of high school. Quick & Painless Business Writing reveals secrets that will eliminate business-writing phobias and faux pas and help you create outstanding documents that get optimal results. First, you'll learn that grammar is not a collection of stagnant rules you'd better follow (or else), but an ever-changing set of principles with plenty of choices. Then you'll discover secrets about writing your English teachers never told you: the secret power of nouns, the destructive force of innocent-seeming verbs, and the way sentence structure can elicit certain responses.

You'll happily replace what you learned about "structure" with an altogether new understanding of how to open, develop, and close your messages. Even better, you'll learn how to build a cohesive message quickly, with little need for rewriting.

But business writing cannot live on words alone. That's why this book explores the review process - whether your reviewer is an in-house editor, a client, a boss, or even a spouse - and help you learn strategic ways to approach and manage them.

With this information, you'll do more than write well. You'll be able to craft strategic messages that get the right response from your reader, whether you want a colleague to send important information now or a customer to say "yes" to your proposal.

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Designed primarily for remedial/developmental students especially those whose previous experiences with English textbooks and classes were unhappy frustrating, and boring. Presents the basics of English grammar and composition in a light hearted, user-friendly manner.

Painless Research Projects (Painless Series)

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Painless is Perfect!
easy to teach with

Painless Research Projects (Painless Series)
Rebecca S. Elliott Ph.D. , and James Elliott M.A.
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Geared toward the secondary-school student with the looming research project and the tendency toward procrastination, Barron's guide holds the reticent researcher's hand through the fearful steps of starting, pursuing, and completing the task. As any procrastinator knows, starting the project is the hardest part. The chapter on picking a topic eases that first step, helping the student to find an idea he or she is interested in, then expanding or narrowing it to an appropriate and manageable scope. Subsequent chapters explore how best to use the library, how to do research over the Internet, and how to prepare for and carry out interviews, followed by essential chapters on note-taking, organizing, writing, and revising. Including a sample research report, and appendixes of check-lists, bibliography options, and Internet addresses, the Elliotts' research guide would be appropriate as a classroom text, an addition to the school library's reference shelf, or an individual purchase to give a kid some help at home.

With its light tone, appealing format and illustrations, and uncomplicated, eminently achievable goals, this book will ease a lot of pain, including the anxious student who's been assigned the research project; the parents, who might otherwise be tasked with pushing their resistant child through what would surely become an onerous experience for everyone; and the teacher, who would rather dole out high praise and grades than schedule a parent conference to discuss that term project that never got done. --Stephanie Gold

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Even very good students think that doing a research project is an excruciating task. They might know their subject well, but they find it easier to go out and dig ditches than to gather facts and organize them into a research paper or project. Rebecca Elliott, the author of Barron's just published Painless Grammar, and her husband James have written a new book to help middle school students turn research into a painless--even enjoyable--process. Their formula is pure common sense. They begin with advice on choosing a topic, then guide students through the thickets of library research, interviewing experts for information, using the Internet, making notes, writing a rough draft, and producing a finished research report. They take students step-by-step through a sample research paper and end with tips on compiling a bibliography. Also featured is an Internet address book with 56 informative websites. Their delightful, user-friendly approach demonstrates that doing a research project really isn't such a burdensome task after all!

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Painless is Perfect!.......2001-11-29

This book really helps! Now, we can do something well (other than just play football).

easy to teach with.......2000-10-09

Not only is this book easy for ANYone to learn how to write a reasearch paper, it is especially interesting to kids because of the style of writing. It was funny! But also informative. I highly recommend it to anyone who feels uninformed on the basics of how to write a research paper.

Painless Junior: Writing (Barrons Painless Junior Series)

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Painless Junior: Writing (Barrons Painless Junior Series)
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Kids travel with Sammy Octopus on a reading and writing adventure. They are encouraged to try different methods of writing and see which way works best for them. They also learn the value of revising and editing, engage in activities that help them make good word choices, and get practice in descriptive writing, letter writing, report writing, poetry, and much more.

Teachers in grades 3 and 4 will appreciate the new Painless Junior Series of classroom helpers. Designed to resemble titles in BarronÂ's Painless SeriesÂ— which are used in middle school and high school classroomsÂ—the Painless Junior books feature larger page sizes, amusing illustrations, games, puzzles, and an approach to their subjects that reflects third- and fourth-grade curricula. Their purpose is to inject an element of enjoyment into subjects that many younger students find either boring or mystifying. KidsÂ' understanding will improve as they have fun learning.

Painless Police Report Writing: An English Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals

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Barbara; Davis, Joseph N. Frazee
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Peterson's Practically Painless Guide: Writing a Winning College Application Essay

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Preserving Your Past: A Painless Guide to Writing Your Autobiography and Family History

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