Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write about Anything

Overview

Master the art of persuasive and analytical writing across all genres with this comprehensive 24-lecture course.

Course No. 2133

Transform your writing from good to great by developing essential critical thinking and composition skills. This course will teach you how to:

• Craft compelling arguments supported by evidence

• Adapt your writing style to different genres and audiences

• Apply classical rhetorical techniques to modern writing

• Conduct effective research and incorporate sources

• Edit and refine your work to maximum impact

Through literary examples from Woolf to Shakespeare and practical writing exercises, you’ll gain tools to express yourself clearly and persuasively in any writing situation.

Video Lectures

1. How to Write about Anything (33 min)

2. How to Be an Effective Reader (30 min)

3. How Literature Can Help (27 min)

4. Shaping Your Voice (30 min)

5. Knowing Your Reader (29 min)

6. The Art of the Essay-How to Start (29 min)

7. How to Organize an Argument (31 min)

8. Supporting Your Argument (30 min)

9. Finishing Strong (30 min)

10. The Uses of Poetry (30 min)

11. Poetic Diction and Syntax (29 min)

• Drama-Writing Out Loud (29 min)

• What You Can Learn from Autobiography (19 min)

14. Writing and Leadership (31 min)

15. The Rules of Rhetoric (30 min)

16. Invention and Arrangement (30 min)

17. Ethos and Pathos (33 min)

18. Finding What You Need (30 min)

19. Using What You Find (30 min)

20. Getting Started-Writing First Drafts (30 min)

21. Editing-Finding What’s Wrong (29 min)

22. Rewriting-Fixing What’s Wrong (29 min)

23. Avoiding Common Errors in Grammar and Usage (33 min)

24. The Power of Words (30 min)