Author: FINDER, SYDNEY

Testing and College Prep
Passing the Writing Graduation Test in Georgia
By Frank Pintozzi (371.262 PIN)
Everything you need to know to pass this important test.
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On Writing the College Application Essay
by Harry Bauld (378.1 BAU)
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How to Write Your College Application Essay
by Kenneth Nourse (378.1 NOU)
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Dynamic Cover Letters: How to Write the Letter that Gets You The Job
by Katharine Hansen (650.14 HAN)
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How to Say it in your job search: choice words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs for resumes, cover letters and interviews
by Robbie Kaplan (650.14 KAP)
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Essays That Will Get You Into College
By Amy Burnham (808 BUR)

“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space” -Orson Scott Card

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ~William Wordsworth

Junior Skill Builders” Writing in 15 Minutes a Day by LearningExpress Editors (808.042 WRI)
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Perfect Phrases for the College Application by Sheila Bender (378.1 BEN)
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Help! For Writers. 210 Solutions by Peter Clark
(808.042 CLA)
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The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart
by Robery Bly (428.1 BLY)
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Check out our Writing Section located in the front of the media center.
Are you preparing for an AP Exam? SAT? ACT? GHSG Writing Test? Then check out our test-prep section also found in the front of the media center across from the
circulation desk.

Media Center Information
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End Zone: Mon– Thursday: 2:10– 4:30 PM
Printing Info: $0.10 a page for B&W… $1.00 a page for color
Checking Out Books
Books are checked out for 3 weeks and renewed once. Overdue book fees are $0.10 a day.
Students may have 3 books checked out at once.
Students may not check out books until overdue books are returned and fines over $10 are paid off.
If you don't find that book on the shelf, look up the book in our catalog kiosk to see if it is available. You can always put a book on hold if it is checked out.
Books are shelved by genre.

“Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moving to the Write Books!

“When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint.” ~Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.” ~Arthur Polotnik
There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes. ~William Makepeace Thackeray

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~Jules Renard

Spunk & Bite: A Writer’s Guide to Bold Contemporary Style by Artthur Plotnik (808.042 PLO)
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Showing & Telling: Learning How to Show and When to Tell for Powerful and Balanced Writing
by Laurie Alberts (808.3 ALB)
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Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg (808 GOL)
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The Pen Commandments: a Guide for the Beginning Writer by Steven Frank (808 FRA)
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Get Great Marks For Your Essays
by John Germove (808 GER)
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Creative Nonfiction: How to Live it and Write It
by Lee Gutkind (808 GUT)
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Writing Winning Report and Essays
by Paul Janeczko (808 JAN)
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott (808 LAM)
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Reading Like a Writer: A guide For People Who Love Books and For Those Who
Want to Write Them by Francine Prose (808 PRO)
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The Writer’s Home Companion: An Anthology of the World’s Best Writing Advice,
from Keats to Kunitz (808 WRI)
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On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King (92 KIN)

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy
by Greg Dean (792.7 DEA)
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Opportunities in Writing Careers
by Elizabeth Foote-Smith (800 FOO)
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Opportunities in Technical Writing Careers
by Jay Gould (808 GOU)
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How to Write a Poem
by Margaret Ryan (808.1 RYA)
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner (808.3 GAR)
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Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by David Gerrold (808.3 GER)
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Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly
by Gail Levine (808.3 LEV)
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Formatting and Grammar Help

APA Publication Manual
(808 PUB)
The comprehensive guide to help you use APA format.
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The Elements of Style
by William Strunk (808 STR)
The writer’s bible! Everything you need to know about grammar, writing, etc.
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
(808 MLA)
Writing a research paper in MLA format? Confused about how to do a Works Cited Page, do parenthetical citations, format your paper? This is the book for you!
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
by Bryan Garner (428.003 GAR)
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Grammar Smart: a Guide to Perfect Usage
by Bryan Garner (428.003 GAR)
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Hands-on English
by Fran Hamilton (428.2 HAM)
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Cite it Right: The SourceAid Guide to Citation, Research, and Avoiding Plagiarism by Tom Fox (808 FOX)
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The New York Public Library Writer’s Guide
to Style and Usage (808 NEW)
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The Everything Grammar and Style Book: All the Rules You Need to Know to Master Great Writing
By Susan Thurman (808 THU)
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Grammar Girls Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students by Mignon Fogarty (428.2 FOG)
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Grammar Girls’ Quick and Dirty Tips for
Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty (808 FOG)