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		gizmo686 on Oct 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study says standardized testing is overwhelming na... Reading (good) literature does more for your writing abilities than learning about five paragraph essays. That is not to say that you do not need to practice writing, just that five paragraph essays are not a good way to practice.

rayiner on Oct 25, 2015 [–]

No way. Most literature is terribly structured for the workaday communications people actually need to do in real life.

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