The College Application Essay: A Rhetorical Paradox

Assessing Writing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-105

  Paley, Karen Surman ^a  

^a 60 Central St ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0012013640     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-2935(96)90005-7     Document Type: Article

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