The School of Life
Philosophy - La Rochefoucauld
Entering and leaving a conversation with a witty one-liner is the clever conversationalist's goal. The Duc de La Rochefoucauld accomplished a lifetime of clever commentary with his collection of 504 philosophical aphorisms, The...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming Exercise
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram a sentence.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 13: Participial Phrases and Standalone Participles
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about when to add, and when not to add commas when working with independent and subordinate clauses. Learn about the rules in this video lesson. [4:38]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Parsing a Sentence: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to analyze the different words' functions within a complex sentence.
Yossarian the Grammarian
English Composition Manifesto: Normal Prose
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the different types of sentences in prose. [8:59]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Compound Complex Sentences
This video lesson focuses on defining, recognizing, and writing compound-complex sentences. It includes tips for identifying dependent clauses, and how to form and punctuate compound-complex sentences. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Reframing Negatives
This screencast focuses on more concise writing by identifying and reframing negative phrases into positive statements. Rewriting "not" statements into positive statements makes writing more concise. Real Player is required. L.11-12.3a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment
This video lesson focuses on how to read and understand a writing assignment. It begins by defining keywords used in assignments: analyze, compare and contrast, evaluate, describe, and propose. Then using a sample assignment, it...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This tutorial focuses on the purposes of topic sentences and how to write effective ones. It provides 2 videos: the first reviews the two purposes of a topic sentence, and the second shows how to write an effective topic sentence. Real...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Body Paragraphs
This screencast focuses on how to write effect body paragraphs including the following: purpose, general outline, background information, topic sentence, multiple pieces of supporting evidence, analysis of the evidence, and conclusion...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Run Ons and Comma Splices
A video [4:37] explaining the common sentence errors of run-ons and comma splices. L.11-12.3a Syntax
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Describing Style
This tutorial focuses on describing an author's style. It explains the five main elements constituting style: syntax, diction, punctuation, sensory details, and literary/rhetorical devices. It lists nine common writing styles and gives...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rambling Sentences
This lesson [4:18] goes over how to recognize and correct sentences that are overly long. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Within Sentence Punctuation Basic Example
In this video [1:33] watch Sal work through a basic within-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Within Sentence Punctuation Harder Example 1
In this video [2:16] watch Dave and David work through a harder within-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing: Within Sentence Punctuation Harder Example 2
In this video [2:04] watch Sal work through another harder within-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Wordiness: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over how to reduce wordiness in writing. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Wordiness." Includes short quiz. [3:00]