A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing
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A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing at UDEMY Overview
Duration | 6 hours |
Total fee | ₹3,299 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing at UDEMY Highlights
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- 6 hours on-demand video
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- 1 downloadable resource
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A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing at UDEMY Course details
- For students who need to write essays for high school or college
- For anyone looking to improve their writing
- For teachers and parents who are responsible for helping others learn to write will find much of value in this course
- By the end of this course students will be able to Organize and manage their time to complete essay assignment well in advance of the deadline
- By the end of this course students will be able to Analyze an essay assignment to determine exactly what is being asked and how to proceed
- By the end of this course students will be able to Write good introductions and conclusions
- By the end of this course students will be able to Conduct research and build a reference list for essay
- By the end of this course students will be able to Write essays that follow standard academic rules and conventions
- This course provides a set of concepts and tools for thinking about, analyzing and fixing problems with the structural elements of essay
- Students in this course will learn how essay writing skills are related to "deep reading" and "deep thinking" skills, and why this is increasingly important in today's world
- Learner will also learn how standards of good essay writing are related to standards of good written communication more broadly
- Learner will learn why academic essays are structured the way they are, how essay style is related to essay structure, how to approach the writing process, and how to organize their time so that learner can actually get the work done before the deadline
A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing at UDEMY Curriculum
Welcome and Introduction
A Brief Introduction to the Course
Where Do I Start?!
Why Are Writing Skills So Important?
Introduction
Good Writers Rule the World
What is the Most Efficient Way to Improve My Essay Writing?
Introduction
The Craft of Writing from 20,000 Feet
The Most Efficient Way to Dramatically Improve Your Essay Writing
Introduction, Main Body, Conclusion: Why Are Essays Written This Way?
How Essay Style is Related to Essay Structure
How Should I Approach the Writing Process?
Introduction
Writing for Discovery versus Writing for Presentation
Why Rewriting is Important (And Why Students Don't Think So)
How to Deal With Writer's Anxiety and Writer's Block
What is My Ideal Writing Workflow?
Introduction
The Right Way to Think About Outlining
My Ideal Writing Workflow
Tools for Mind-Mapping, Outlining and Drafting
The Writing Tools I Use: A Quick Introduction to Scrivener and Evernote
What Does a Structured Approach to Essay Writing Look Like?
Introduction
Two Kinds of Structure to Keep in Mind
A Structured Approach to Essay Writing Using Scrivener
Download the Essay Writing Template
A Short Essay Demo Using a Structured Essay Writing Template
Follow Along As I Write a Real College Essay From Start to Finish
Introduction
Writing a Real College Essay - Part 1 - The Assignment
Writing a Real College Essay - Part 2 - Initial Research
Writing a Real College Essay - Part 3 - Outlining
Writing a Real College Essay - Part 4 - Drafts
Writing a Real College Essay - Part 5 - References and Citations
How Can I Improve My Writing Style?
Introduction
The #1 Misconception About Writing Style
Oratorical Style, Prophetic Style and Romantic Style
Practical Style, Reflexive Style and Academic Style
Classic Style: Prose as a Window Into the World
Classic Style as an Antidote to Bad Writing
How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay
Preliminary Comments
A Note About URLs in the Videos in This Section
Introduction
The Minimal Five-Part Structure of a Good Argumentative Essay
Writing the Introduction
Writing the Conclusion
The Essay: "Should Teachers Be Allowed to Ban Laptops in Classrooms?"
Analysis: The Introduction
Analysis: First Argument
Analysis: Second Argument
Analysis: Third Argument
Analysis of the Main Body: Evaluation and Recommendations
Analysis: The Conclusion
The Essay: An Improved Version
The Essay: An Improved Version with Commentary
What is Plagiarism and How Can I Avoid It?
Preliminary Comments
Introduction
What is Plagiarism?
Downloading and Buying Whole Papers
Cutting and Pasting From Several Sources
Changing Some Words But Copying Whole Phrases
Paraphrasing Without Attribution
The Debate Over Patchwriting
How Should I Cite Sources in My Essay?
Introduction
When Should I Cite a Source?
What Needs To Be Cited?
How to Cite: Mark the Boundaries
Citing Exact Words
Citing a Longer Quotation
Citing a Source But Not Quoting
Do I Have to Cite Information That is "Common Knowledge"?
Citation Styles: MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, oh my!
Wrapping Up
Thank You
Bonus Lecture: Other Courses I Teach, Podcasts I Produce, etc.