Wonderscape
Understanding Diction: Character Voices in Literature
This video examines the literary device of diction, highlighting how the choice of words and speech style of characters in a story can reveal their personalities and backgrounds. It uses examples from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by...
Curated Video
Intended Audience
Intended Audience explores the importance of keeping the intended audience in mind when writing by identifying types of audiences.
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Revising
Revising explores the important elements of the revising step of the writing process.
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Creating Meaning: Structure and Sound
This video will help students understand how poetry is organized and how the sound adds to the overall meaning of the written work.
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Word Choice: Creating Meaning with Mood and Tone
This video will help students understand and recognize the critical role and difference between mood and tone in word choice in poetry.
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Tone and Mood in Literature
A video entitled “Tone and Mood in Literature” which analyzes the tone and mood in literary passages.
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Finalizing Writing
A video entitled “Finalizing Writing” which explores three steps of the writing process: revising, editing, and publishing.
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Precise Word Choice
“Precise Word Choice” will guide you in writing with more emotional information through word choice.
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Exploring Tone and Mood
“Exploring Tone and Mood” analyzes the relationship between tone and mood and explains how both literary devices create an overall feeling in a story.
Teaching Without Frills
How to Write for Your Audience - Writing Video For Kids
This video will help you learn how to write for your audience in narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. You'll learn about writing style, formal and informal word choice, and tone.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Writing
This lesson shows beginner level English learners how to create paragraphs using sentences on the same topic or idea and how to organize sentences in the paragraph by using “first”, “next”, “then”, “after”,” that” and “finally”.
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Improving Your Answer: Avoiding Repetitive Words and Phrases
In this video, the teacher provides valuable tips on how to strengthen your answers by avoiding repetitive words and phrases. They guide students through the steps of writing a constructed response, emphasizing the importance of...
All Ears English
Four Ways to Ask Your Colleague About Their Interests - All Ears English Podcast 1744
When your colleague comes back to the office on Monday morning and they just had a great experience - doing something they love, what can you ask them about it to build the connection? find out today
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Transition Statements for Public Speaking
Transition statements and signposts for public speaking are a great way to communicate clearly. Every audience appreciates it when a speaker is organized and easy to follow. A great way to help listeners follow along is by using clear...
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Adding Descriptive Details to Deepen Meaning in Writing
This video is a lesson on how to add descriptive details to writing in order to create a more vivid picture for the reader. It explains the importance of word choice, figurative language, and sensory images, and provides examples and...
The Business Professor
Hurdles to Achieving Fit in an Organization
Hurdles to Achieving Fit in an Organization
Curated Video
Using Domain-Specific Vocabulary to Clarify Your Writing
Writers explain ideas precisely by using specific words related to their topics. Let's practice clarifying our writing by replacing vague or confusing terms with domain-specific vocabulary.
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Strengthening Your Argument with a Formal Writing Style
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of maintaining a formal writing style in arguments to enhance credibility. They provide examples and explanations of how to revise informal language, eliminate contractions, and choose...
Lit2Go
The Bear and the Fox
When you hear the words philanthropy, respect, and tender, do you think of a bear's attitude toward man? The bear from Aesop's "The Bear and the Fox" certainly does—and the fox would beg to differ! Class members listen to an audio...
TED-Ed
Why Are Bad Words Bad?
Curse words, vulgar words, swear words, bad words. Why are some words labeled as inappropriate? Check out this short history of taboo words and their significance.
Yossarian the Grammarian
When "Society" Should Be Replaced by "People": Grammar and Usage
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how decide between using the word "society" and the word "people" when writing or speaking.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Grammar: Two Ways to Construe "Brian Boitano Is Skating"
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to interpret a sentence that uses present progressive verb tense and ambiguous wording.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Homophones
This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [1:27] features information about homophones. Games and worksheets are provided to supplement this homophones lesson
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Adverbs and Ambiguity
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how clarify and edit adverbs so that they are not ambiguous in a sentence.