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Overview

Learn the tips and tools of successful writers from a college professor with twenty years of experience grading essays

Duration

6 hours

Total fee

3,299

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing
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Highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • 6 hours on-demand video
  • 4 articles
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
  • Full Lifetime Access
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A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing
 at 
UDEMY 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • 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
What are the course deliverables?
  • 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
More about this course
  • 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.

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