Analysis and critique : how to engage and write about anything / producer, Laura Walz ; director, Jonathan Leven, Wendy Scarbrough.
Title:
Analysis and critique : how to engage and write about anything / producer, Laura Walz ; director, Jonathan Leven, Wendy Scarbrough.
ISBN:
9781598037142
9781490654607
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from title frame.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.
"Course No. 2133"--Disc surface.
24 lectures (30 min. each) on four discs.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Contents:
disc 1. Lectures 1-6. How to write about anything ; How to be an effective reader ; How literature can help ; Shaping your voice ; Knowing your reader ; Art of the essay : how to start -- disc 2. Lectures 7-12. How to organize an argument ; Supporting your argument ; Finishing strong ; Uses of poetry ; Poetic diction and syntax ; Drama : writing out loud. -- disc 3. Lectures 13-18. What you can learn from autobiography ; Writing and leadership ; Rules of rhetoric ; Invention and arrangement ; Ethos and pathos ; Finding what you need -- disc 4. Lectures 19-24. Using what you find ; Getting started : writing first drafts ; Editing : finding what's wrong ; Rewriting : fixing what's wrong ; Avoiding common errors in grammar and usage ; Power of words.
Summary:
All writing--whether it's an essay, a personal letter, or a detailed business report--is at its most memorable when it's built on the fundamental and critical skills that transform your words from good to great. The first lectures provide the first key to more engaging and effective writing: understanding literary genres and the ways their unique styles can shape and inform your own voice. The focus then shifts to the art of rhetoric and the ways it can help you adapt your writing to a variety of situations. The final part is a step-by-step guide through the writing process in its four major stages: researching, first draft, editing and rewriting.
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Language Note:
In English.
Performer:
Lecturer: Prof. Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University.
Production Credits:
Editor, John McNeill.
OCLC Number:
ocn701321938
Availability:
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