Advanced Writing Strategies for Immediate Improvement

This lecture explains commonly required and optional process essay goals and introduces a sentence-by-sentence academically-appropriate process essay model.

This lecture explains formal academically-appropriate alternatives to the words thing and piece and the specific semantic elements of each vocabulary term.

This lecture explains the most common academically-appropriate introduction paragraph structure and includes strategies for writing academically-appropriate hooks.

This lecture explains the most common academically-appropriate body paragraph structure and includes strategies for organizing and expanding body paragraphs..

This lecture provides a brief introduction of each punctuation mark that will be discussed throughout the duration of this course (semi-colons, colons, em-dashes/double-hyphens, single- and double-quotation marks, brackets, and ellipses).

This lecture provides an overview of how to use semi-colons in academic writing.

This lecture explains how to use academically-appropriate transitions in combination with semi-colons in formal essay-writing.

This lecture explains how to avoid beginning sentences with coordinating conjunctions (and, or, so, but, and yet) in academic essays.

The last lecture of several chapters of this course will contain an essay sample that demonstrates how the strategies discussed within each chapter can be applied. This lecture provides an explanation of these Before and After Essay Samples.

The Before and After Process Essay demonstrates how an informal essay can be enhanced using the writing strategies discussed within the chapter.

This lecture explains commonly required and optional cause/effect essay goals and introduces a sentence-by-sentence academically-appropriate cause/effect essay model.

This lecture explains formal academically-appropriate alternatives to the words get, cause, and affect and the specific semantic elements of each vocabulary term.

This lecture consists of an activity to help differentiate the meanings between the commonly mistaken verbs effect/affect and the noun effect.

This lecture explains the most common academically-appropriate conclusion paragraph structure and includes strategies for writing final essay statements.

This lecture explains 3 of the most common uses of colons: listing, illustrating/explaining, and introducing a quote.

This lecture explains 4 additional common uses of colons.

This lecture--Lecture 18-- explains how to use double-hyphens (also known as em-dashes).

The Before and After Cause/Effect Essay demonstrates how an informal essay can be enhanced using the writing strategies discussed within the chapter.

This lecture explains commonly required and optional argument essay goals and introduces a sentence-by-sentence academically-appropriate argument essay model.

This lecture explains how to include conflicting information inside of your argument essay in order to demonstrate objectivity and reliability.

This lecture explains formal academically-appropriate alternatives to the words good/bad and help/hurt and the specific semantic elements of each vocabulary term.

This lecture explains the 3 techniques for incorporating outside sources into an academic essay and then provides useful strategies for basic paraphrasing of outside sources.

This lecture explains advanced quotation punctuation including use of [brackets], ...ellipses..., and 'single-quotes'.

This lecture will test your knowledge of advanced quoting punctuation.

This lecture will explain how to avoid using first person in academic essays to maintain a sense of objectivity in your writing.

This lecture explains how to distinguish between objective and subjective language and how to reduce subjectivity in essay writing.

This lecture explains what to do when information regarding your essay topic is unavailable or simply doesn't exist.

This lecture provides advanced strategies for refuting counter-arguments in academic essays.

This lecture provides an introduction to the concept of argument fallacies and an explanation of how to identify 4 of the most common fallacies.

The Before and After Argument Essay demonstrates how an informal essay can be enhanced using the writing strategies discussed within the chapter.

This lecture explains commonly required and optional evaluation essay goals and introduces a sentence-by-sentence academically-appropriate evaluation essay model.

This lecture explains how to appropriately communicate uncertainty in academic essays.

This lecture explains how to identify 4 additional common argument fallacies.

This lecture explains 2 very common academic writing mistakes and simple strategies to avoid them.

This lecture explains 2 more very common academic writing mistakes including a common transition word error and how to appropriately incorporate figurative language into your essays.

The Before and After GRE Evaluation Essay demonstrates how an essay can be enhanced using the writing strategies discussed throughout the course.

This lecture marks the conclusion the Advanced Writing Strategies for Immediate Improvement Course. Congratulations!