In today's episode I interview Lane Greene from The Economist. Lane shows us where most people go wrong with their writing and 3 concrete things you can do right now to up your writing level. Listen in today!

Sensory Words and Phrases explores sensory words and phrases by identifying examples in literature.

Transition Words and Phrases identifies transition words and phrases in a given text that convey sequence and signal shifts.

Identifying Conclusions examines concluding statements by reading passages and identifying the conclusions.

"The Plot of a Story" explores how to recognize the three elements of plot in stories: problem, climax, and resolution.

"Expanding Simple Sentences" explores how to expand simple sentences.

A video entitled “The Importance of Setting” which explores how to revise the setting of a text to change the mood.

You will differentiate between sentences, phrases, and clauses.

This video discusses the nonfiction genre as well as qualities, types of pieces, and characteristics of the genre.

Acrostic Poems reviews the elements of an acrostic poem and explains how to compose one.

“Making Inferences” explains how to make inferences from given information by using examples from American literature.

“Theme and Motivation” will explain how character motivation impacts the theme of a story.

“Complex Characters” will break down the different characteristics of a complex character.

Publishing explores the important elements of the publishing step of the writing process.

Editing explores the important elements of the editing step of the writing process.

Parts of a Script explores the structure of a script by explaining the four main parts: list of characters, description of setting, stage directions, and dialogue.

“Using Personification in Poetry” is a video lesson that defines personification, discusses its use in poetry, and demonstrates how to compose a poem using personification.

Follow the Rules: Theme describes the central message that a character learns in a story, called the theme.

Intellectual historian Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, describes how, to a certain extent, one can say that the famous literary critic F.R. Leavis wrote in a deliberately difficult way, in an effort to make his readers think and...

Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how, just as a skillful novelist sheds light on the motivations of her protagonists, a questioning of the motivations of those in central positions of authority will help us better...

A video that reviews the act of quoting information from outside sources of authority. Citations can be placed within an essay through direct quotations or through paraphrases.Knowing how to cite information correctly helps writers to...

“Theme” will help students evaluate the concepts of theme and main idea within a piece of literature.

“Conflict and Plot” will help students to review the value of conflict within a storyline by examining both types of conflict: internal and external.

“Understanding Rhetoric” will assist students in learning how to make an effective argument by balancing pathos, logos, and ethos appeals.