Khan Academy: Writing: Concision, Style, and Tone Basic Example 1

Are you actually feeling really tired of reading wordy, redundant, long, lengthy sentences practically all the time over and over again? Introduce writers to this handout and exercise to teach to tighten up their prose! Provides two ways...

Watch Sal work through a concision and style question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [2:01]

Watch Sal work through a basic nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [1:08]

Watch Sal work through a basic item in a series question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [1:01]

Watch Sal work through a basic pronoun person and number question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [3:14]

Watch Sal work through an item in a series question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [1:49]

Watch Sal work through a nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements question from the SAT Writing and Language Test. [1:56]

This Khan Academy resource is a video that walks one through the steps of writing a strong college admissions essay.

A learning module that teaches students about using literary devices to enhance style and tone in four lessons: Introduction, Style in Literature, Tone, and Your Turn.

In this video [1:33] watch Sal work through a basic within-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.