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How to Prepare a Speech
By eHow
When preparing a speech, research important facts or statistics to capture the attention of the audience, and practice speaking in front of people to improve your delivery. Learn how to focus on the crowd as a whole to avoid stressing out during an important speech with help from a teacher in this video clip.
Formal vs Informal Writing: What's the Difference and When to Use Them
By EzineArticles
The target audience always determines the formality of the essay. This fun video involves some silly cut-outs, but the message is clear: Formal writing is complex, thorough, and has a strong objective. Try to avoid abbreviations, sentence fragments, slang, and cliches in your writing.
How to write a warrant
By EnglishI PLC
This instructional video is part of the Claim, Evidence, Warrant series. A warrant is the logical connection between the evidence and the claim.
How to make a claim
By EnglishI PLC
This instructional video is part of the Claim, Evidence, Warrant series. It presents how to make a claim. It walks students through the process of starting with evidence, building a claim, connecting with a warrant, and ending the paragraph.
Introduction to Argumentative Essay Type I
By Sam Tabbakh
Argumentative essay type 1, which has the same structure as any other academic essay except that the first body paragraph is a counter argument and refutation. The other body paragraphs are controlled by ideas from the thesis statement in the introduction. Please note that calling it "type" is just one way among many of distinguishing it from other types of argumentative essays.
Fahrenheit 451: Writing Prompt-Response Claims
By Alexander Clarkson
During the Fahrenheit 451 unit, students wrote several prompt-response compositions. In this discussion, Mr. Clarkson explains how to construct the claim sentence for such a prompt response.
Process Paragraph and Process Essay
By Smrt English
This lesson explains that a process paragraph or a process essay is meant to explain how to do something or to describe how something is done.
How to Write that A+ Paper -- #4: The 60-second EXPERT!
By 60 Second Recap
Supporting points need supporting examples. So bust out those highlighters and get ready for 60 seconds on ferreting out those quotes, characters, and scenes that'll make your paper sing.
Writing Narratives
By Michael Hedges
In this video, a teacher introduces some of the key steps in writing a narrative. He begins by considering purpose of the author, the perspective of the audience, and an overall definition of a narrative. He then gives details on such narrative elements as point of view, pacing, and descriptive details
How to Write a Short Story
By eHow
Learn how to write a short story, pick three or four characters, narrow the scope of the plot and create a solid conclusion that contains a moral.