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In this course, you will :
- Discover how the words you use can influence people's decisions.
- Make good use of syntax.
- Write with originality and generate sentences that no one else can.
- Arrange a complex set of data in a reader-friendly manner.
Syllabus :
1. The Words Under the Words
- Good with Words
- Making You More Persuasive
- Errors and Insights
- Mechanics and Strategy
- Map to a Decision
- Saints vs. Jerks
- Better at Getting Better
- S.M.A.R.T. Goals and Stretch Goals
- Résumé Review
- 6-60-6
- Technical and Tactical
- Punctuation and Professionalism
- Punctuation and Professionalism: Comma Splices
- Notes on Nuance: "Un-"
- Good Sentences
- Reflection is a Team Sport
- Student Takeaway: Words Under the Words
- Student Takeaway: Better at Getting Better
- Student Takeaway: T-Shaped
- Student Takeaway: 6-60-6
- Student Takeaway: Writing as Mapping
2. The Infinite Power of Grammar
- Previously On: The Words Under the Words
- Previously On: Deliberate Practice
- Previously On: Mechanics and Strategy
- Writing as Redecorating
- The Infinite Power of Grammar
- The Animal Farm Principle
- Punctuation and Professionalism: "However"
- Notes on Nuance: "Almost" and "Even"
- Student Takeaway: Passive on Purpose
- Student Takeaways: Positive No
3. The Rule of Three
- Previously On: Syntax
- Previously On: The Animal Farm Principle
- The Rule of Three
- Punctuation and Professionalism: Adverbial Conjunctions
- Notes on Nuance: "To"
- Takeaways
4. The Power of the Particular
- Previously On: Interleaving and "To"
- Previously On: "Interleaving"
- Previously On: "To"
- The Power of the Particular
- What Makes a Word "Real"?
- Sentences Nobody Else Can Write
- Sentences Nobody Else WOULD Write
- S-H-A-P-E
- Class Clip: The S-H-A-P-E Framework
- Punctuation and Professionalism (Coordinating Conjunctions)
- Notes on Nuance: Chiasmus
- Student Takeaway: Earn Your Generalizations
- Student Takeaway: Sincerity Takes a Few Drafts
