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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Examples

Writing On- and Offline



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Activity 1: Why Use the Internet? (Examples)

Directions: Write a short essay about using the internet as a tool for research. To support your argument, provide examples of specific sites that you have found useful. What kinds of information has the internet made available? Remember to be specific.


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Activity 2: Why You Should Attend My School (Examples)

Directions: Find your school's website by clicking here. Imagine that you want to convince prospective students to attend your school by writing an essay using specific examples about its strong points, using information you find online. You can consider the campus and location, the student body and alumni, the faculty, the extracurricular activities, and so on.










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