How To Write In College

Name: How To Write In College
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Build your skill and confidence and get off to an A+ start in academic writing

Created byEbele Mogo

Last updated 10/2019

English

What you'll learn

Learn to write with focus
Learn to develop your idea and enrich your theme intelligently
Learn to organize your points with logically appropriate reasons and the proper use of transitions
Learn to adapt your voice and choose the right words to suit your audience
Build up rhythm and appropriate flow
Demonstrate superior proficiency in the mechanics of writing, sentence structure, formatting and other writing conventions to convey meaning saliently

Course content

5 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 13m total length

How this course will change your career1:33
Let's get you started on what this course is about and how it is going to change your career.
What is analytical writing?9:35
In this lecture we will address the expectations for analytical audience, key watch words that describe good analytical writing and how analytical writing is different from other forms of writing to enable you understand exactly what it entails
Tests, quizzes and examinations9:01
Writing for academia5:44
In this lecture we cover how to write for an academic audience. This will help you understand what your professors will be looking for in judging your writing.

How to read prompts / gather evidence for assignments5:30

We have to read well and in between the lines to write well. Here I will guide you on reading and researching for better writing.
Beginning to write6:25
You have been given a topic to tackle. Now what? Where do you go from there? Let's explore that right here!
Organizing your ideas4:56
Here we will discuss how to organize your writing. Good content is not enough, rather the way you structure your writing will affect the worth of your work. We will discuss this in detail with the aim of helping give your writing a good rhythm and good value to your audience.
Using an outline to organize your thoughts and writing2:00
This is a sample essay outline. An outline makes your essay seem less daunting and helps you organize your thoughts. It does not have to be this organized. It could simply notes you have taken down on a piece of paper.
Critical analysis9:12
How do you read in between the lines and how does your work stand the critical eye of your audience? Find out here

Step-by-step guide to writing a thorough paper12:00
Consider this a step by step guide. With annotations, I lead you through my paper and show you exactly how I wrote it so that you can do it too. Look for my comments at the very beginning of the paper and throughout the rest of the paper in red.
Example of high scoring technical science essay8:00
This second paper will be best suited for a school assignment to help you understand referencing, language structure and how to build up and support your points.
Example of high scoring philosophy essay14:00
This first paper is very creative and analytical and if you are doing a test like the GRE, IETS, SAT, TOEFL, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT it will be very useful.
Finished paper without annotations9:00
This is the finished paper from lecture 15 without any comments and annotations.

Requirements

A basic fluency in the English Language
Interest and dedication
A willingness to ask questions and receive feedback

Description

So many college students are sadly surprised by how different writing in college is from what they were used to in high school.By the time they learn the ropes it is already too late as it has cost them their GPA. That does not have to happen to you.

I want to help you get the competitive edge right from the beginning so that you can spend your time having fun instead of struggling to get your head above water in your classes.

I can assure you that this course will be worth the few coffees you have to ditch to join it.

Congrats to you for putting your future first!

Ebele Mogo

Who this course is for:

High school students looking to excel in analytical essays
Employees and entrepreneurs looking to excel in proposal writing
University students needing better essay writing skills
Prospective candidates for standardized tests like the GRE, SAT, TOEFL, LSAT, MCAT, etc

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Course content

Introduction to analytical writing4 lectures • 26min

Writing your analytical essay5 lectures • 28min

Technicalities arising: revising your draft2 lectures • 14min

Examples of high scoring papers4 lectures • 43min

Rounding up1 lecture • 8min

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