Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization
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Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization at Coursera Overview
Duration | 16 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization at Coursera Course details
- This second course in the Good with Words: Writing and Editing series will help you become an effective architect of information, both with your sentences and with your paragraphs. You?ll learn that the traditional advice to ?Show, don?t tell? is incomplete and that skilled writers actually switch back and forth between showing and telling.
- You?ll also learn more about the menu of time management techniques introduced in the first course of the series, including ?deep work,? ?studio time,? and ?the Animal Farm Principle.? And as with the other three courses in this series, you will get access to a wide range of books and other resources you can use even after you finish the course. These include:
- (1)the readings and exercises provided to the students who have taken the in-person version of this course at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago;
- (2)two digital libraries of excellent writing from a diverse collection of journalists, scientists, novelists, poets, historians, and entrepreneurs;
- (3)a monthly ?Good Sentences? email.
Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization at Coursera Curriculum
Sentence Flow
Introduction
Sentence Flow
Architects of Information
Architects of Time
Punctuation and Professionalism: Deviations from Coordinating Conjunction Rules
Notes on Nuance: "If"
Takeaways
Student Takeaway: Old Friends
Student Takeaway: Architect of Time
Teaching Style + Resources
Help Us Learn More About You!
Good with Words Chapter 8 ("Clarity and Coherence")
Class Clips
Class Clips
Class Clips
Exercise?Old Friends
Spotting Sentences
Exercise?Spotting Sentences (Percentages)
Edit Our Edits
Good Writing, Good Teacher
Punctuation and Professionalism: Introduction and Review
Notes on Nuance: Introduction and Review
Notes on Nuance: "If" and "If Not"
Exercise?Good Sentences (Finance)
Exercise?Takeaways Reflection
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Punctuation and Professionalism: Positive Deviance
Nuance Practice: "If" and "If Not"
Nuance Review: "If Not" and "Almost"
Weekly Review (Graded)
Corresponding Ideas in Corresponding Form
Previously On
Previously On: Venn Diagram
Previously On: Architect of Information
Punctuation and Professionalism?Coordinating Conjunctions (Deviation Part II)
Notes on Nuance: "As"
Takeaways
Student Takeaway: Nifty Not
Student Takeaway: Agreement
Previously On: Introduction and Review
Exercise?Previously On
Good with Words Chapter 7 ("Corresponding Ideas in Corresponding Forms")
Class Clips
Exercise?Agreement
Class Clips
Exercise?Omit
Exercise?Nifty Not
Nifty Not: Fan Favorite?
(Optional) Rhetorical Repetition
Rhetorical Repetition: Fan Favorite?
Resource Request (Structure and Organization)
Notes on Nuance: "As"
Exercise?Good Sentences (War)
Exercise?Takeaways
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice (Awkward Repetition)
Low-Stakes Practice (Rhetorical Repetition)
Punctuation Practice: Positive Deviance Part II
Nuance Practice: "As"
Weekly Review (Graded)
Show and Tell
Previously On
Previously On: Symmetry is What You See at a Glance
Show and Tell
Punctuation and Professionalism: Conjunctions Affect Other Conjunctions
Nuance Spotlight: Jane Austen
Takeaways
Student Takeaway: Summary and Scene
Exercise?Previously On: Reflection
Show and Tell
Exercise?Summary and Scene (Optional)
Exercise?Reverse Outline (Optional)
Student-->Teacher (Optional)
(Optional) Word Choice, Word Confusion
Exercise?Who vs. Whom
Nuance Spotlight: Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Centre (Quizzes and Movies)
Good Sentences (Intellectual Property)
Exercise?Takeaways Reflection
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice (Who vs. Whom)
Punctuation Practice: Conjunctions Affect Other Conjunctions
Nuance Practice: Jane Austen
Weekly Review (Graded)
Paragraphing
Previously On
Previously On: Old Information to New Information
Punctuation and Professionalism: Nonrules ("And" and "But")
Notes on Nuance: At Once
Takeaways
Student Takeaway: Paragraphing
Next Course
Exercise?Previously On: Reflection
Paragraphing
Exercise?The Rhythm of Roth (Optional)
Raindrops vs. Waterfalls: What is the Structure of Your Text Messages?
Notes on Nuance: "At Once"
Good Sentences (Medicine)
Exercise?Takeaways Reflection
Book Recommendations (Travel)
Exercise?Thank You Letter (Optional)
Course Feedback
Keep Learning with Michigan Online
Low-Stakes Practice
Low-Stakes Practice
Punctuation Practice: Starting a Sentence with "And" or "But"
Nuance Practice ("At Once")
Weekly Review (Graded)