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Writing Projects offers a radical approach to writing instruction. Drawing on the techniques of classical rhetoric, the series teaches writing through a collection of practical projects, from single-sentence proverbs to complex descriptions, stories, essays and more. This second volume teaches advanced techniques in narrative, description and exposition. It covers the use of theme, motif and symbol; selection and presentation of detail in narrative; argument and proof, through reason, evidence and authority; and techniques for appealing to an audience. Students will also learn a range of new technical terms, from apomnemonysis to prosopopoeia. These important and challenging skills are taught through description, short story, essay and speech. Each project offers comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for a complete writing task. Specialised strategies, including dictation, imitations, extensions, and practice exercises, lead students from reading and analysis to original composition. The content of each project includes:models of effective writing by established authorsdiscussions of use and purpose that put the writing in contextpractice exercises to teach skills of diction, sentencing and figurative stylemarking guides to assist assessment and self-assessmentquizzes and tests to build knowledge about writers, terms and stylesWhether used as pre-planned lessons for the classroom or as independent study assignments, the activities in Writing Projects offer a new and comprehensive treatment of form and style in writing.