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Duration

20 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Writing and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order
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  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 1 of 4 in the Good with Words: Writing and Editing Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 20 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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  • This course will teach you how to use your written words to become more persuasive. You?ll learn creative ways to use syntax, effective techniques for telling stories, and a clever method for arranging a complex series of information. You?ll also get a chance to both professionalize your use of punctuation and add a bit of style and sophistication to how you craft everything from sentences to slogans.
  • In addition, you?ll 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; and (3) a monthly ?Good Sentences? email. Social media has only accelerated the ways in which we all must learn to use our writing to connect, compete, and create?sometimes all at once. So join us for this first course in a four-part series and experience the many benefits, both personal and professional, of becoming ?good with words.?
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Writing and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order
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Curriculum

The Words Under the Words

Course Introduction

Making You More Persuasive

Errors and Insights

Mechanics and Strategy

Map to a Decision

Saints vs. Jerks

Better at Getting Better

S.M.A.R.T. Goals and Stretch Goals

Résumé Review

6-60-6

Technical and Tactical

Punctuation and Professionalism

Punctuation and Professionalism: Comma Splice

Notes on Nuance: "Un-"

Good Sentences

Reflection is a Team Sport

Student Takeaway: Words Under the Words

Student Takeaway: Better at Getting Better

Student Takeaway: T-Shaped

Student Takeaway: 6-60-6

Student Takeaway: Writing as Mapping

Teaching Style + Resources

Help Us Learn More About You!

Class Clips

Teachers vs. Readers

Exercise?Errors and Insights

Performing Under Pressure and Expressive Writing

The Words Under the Words (Concept)

The Words Under the Words (Examples)

Class Clips

"A Note About Me"

Exercise?S.M.A.R.T. Goals Self-Assessment

Exercise?Résumé Review

The Optimal Amount of Advocacy

Edit Our Edits

Notes on Nuance: "Un-"

Exercise?Good Sentences (Education)

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Punctuation Practice: Comma Splices

Nuance Practice: "Un-"

Weekly Review (Graded)

The Infinite Power of Grammar

Previously On

Previously On: The Words Under the Words

Previously On: Deliberate Practice

Previously On: Mechanics and Strategy

Writing as Redecorating

The Infinite Power of Grammar

The Animal Farm Principle

Punctuation and Professionalism: "However"

Notes on Nuance: "Almost" and "Even"

Takeaways

Student Takeaway: Passive on Purpose

Student Takeaways: Positive No

Exercise?Previously On

The Infinite Power of Grammar (Concept)

The Infinite Power of Grammar (Examples)

Exercise?Interrupting Elements

Class Clips

Passive on Purpose

Positive No

Notes on Nuance: "Almost" and "Even"

Exercise?Good Sentences (Entrepreneurship)

Resource Request

Exercise?Takeaway Reflection

Low-Stakes Practice

Punctuation Practice: "However"

Nuance Practice: "Almost" and "Even"

Weekly Review (Graded)

The Rule of Three

Previously On

Previously On: Syntax

Previously On: The Animal Farm Principle

The Rule of Three

Punctuation and Professionalism: Adverbial Conjunctions

Notes on Nuance: "To"

Takeaways

Student Takeaway: Rule of Three

Exercise?Previously On

Class Clips

The Rule of Three (Concept)

The Rule of Three (Examples)

Alliteration, Restraint, and a Mind at Work

Alliteration: Fan Favorite?

Student-->Teacher (Optional)

Notes on Nuance : "To"

Exercise?Good Sentences (Criminal Law)

Exercise?Takeaway Reflection

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Alliteration

Punctuation Practice: Adverbial Conjunctions

Nuance Practice: "To"

Weekly Review (Graded)

The Power of the Particular

Previously On: Interleaving and "To"

Previously On: "Interleaving"

Previously On: "To"

The Power of the Particular

What Makes a Word "Real"?

Sentences Nobody Else Can Write

Sentences Nobody Else WOULD Write

S-H-A-P-E

The S-H-A-P-E Framework: Class Clip

Punctuation and Professionalism (Coordinating Conjunctions)

Notes on Nuance: Chiasmus

Student Takeaway: Earn Your Generalizations

Student Takeaway: Sincerity Takes a Few Drafts

Next Course

Exercise?Previously On

The Power of the Particular (Concept)

The Power of the Particular (Examples)

Exercise?Strive for Five

Exercise?"The Pleasures of Hating"

Exercise?Word Choice, Word Confusion

Exercise?Which vs. That

The Phenomenology of Error

Exercise?Me, Myself, and I

What Makes a Word "Real"?

Slang School

Class Clips

(Optional) Exercise?What Happens If You Win?

Notes on Nuance: Chiasmus

Chiasmus: Fan Favorite?

Exercise?Good Sentences (Food)

Book Recommendations

(Optional) Exercise?Thank You Letter

Keep Learning with Michigan Online

Course Feedback

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Low-Stakes Practice

Punctuation Practice (Coordinating Conjunctions)

Nuance Practice: Chiasmus

Weekly Review (Graded)

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