English & Composition
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I. Welcome!
1 min1. English Writing Overview
1.1hr2. English Writing Mechanics
37min3. English Writing Form & Structure
2.1hr4. English Writing Production
18min5. English Reading and Analysis
1.9hr- 5.I. English Reading and Analysis: How to Read Critically
5.1.1. Close Reading Non-Fiction Prose: Lesson 1 (Overview)4 min5.1.2. Close Reading Non-Fiction Prose: Lesson 2 (Theme or Thesis)5 min5.1.3. Close Reading Non-Fiction Prose: Lesson 3 (Style)5 min5.1.4. Close Reading Non-Fiction Prose: Lesson 4 (Structure)8 min5.1.5. Close Reading Fiction: Lesson 1 (Overview)3 min5.1.6. Close Reading Fiction: Lesson 2 (Theme)5 min5.1.7. Close Reading Fiction: Lesson 3 (Plot)7 min5.1.8. Close Reading Fiction: Lesson 4 (Style)6 min5.1.9. Close Reading Fiction: Lesson 5 (Structure)2 min5.1.10. Close Reading Poetry Lesson 1 (Overview)4 min5.1.11. Close Reading Poetry: Lesson 2 (Analyzing a Poem)11 min5.1.12. Close Reading from Shakespeare13 min5.1.13. Narrative Untrustworthiness and Bias: Lesson 1 (Overview)7 min5.1.14. Narrative Untrustworthiness and Bias: Lesson 2 (How to Spot an Unreliable Narrator)7 min5.1.15. Dramatic Irony7 min5.1.16. Classical Dramatic Theory: Aristotle7 min5.1.17. Oral Storytelling: Lesson 1 (Overview)6 min5.1.18. Oral Storytelling: Lesson 2 (First Nations Example)4 min
6. Media Studies
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Laticia B
From my thesis statement with3 supporting details
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Lindy L
InstructorSee the other answer, but, yes you want a thesis statement (what will you argue about student debt?) followed by 3 main ideas that will support that argument. Lay that out in your introductory paragraph and then each body paragraph will be devoted to explaining each point with a PEE/PEA structure: point-evidence-explanation/point-evidence-analysis.
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Laticia B
I need help on how to start my introduction on student loan debt with 3 supporting detail in my academic argumentative essay
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InstructorHi Laticia - I feel like I've answered this question for you before. The key thing that you want when you start your introduction is that you want to state quite clearly what your particular argument on student loan debt will be. Some ways in: will you make a policy argument? Will you make a values-based argument? Will you make an ethical argument? etc. What will be the claim that you will want to defend? Once you clarify that, then it becomes easier to find the three main points that you will use to support the advancement of your argument.
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Laticia B
How do I start off my first paragraph in an argumentative essay my thesis statement says the Federal Government should let every student with low income go to college for free because it would increased college enrolling It would reduce the amount of student debt and help economic growth. I just dont know how to start my first paragraph Can you help me and give me better understanding. Thank you Laticia Baker
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InstructorThe three points - 1.) increase college enrolment, 2.) reduce student debt, and 3.) help economic growth - are the main points for your body paragraphs. They are the main ideas you will develop to support your thesis that is about Federal policies around free higher education tuition.
So for your first sentence you need all the details: “Federal Government”—of what country? “Low income”—how do you define it?
And you also want your first sentence to gesture why this matters. Why are you arguing about income tuition in the first place? Try to show your reader.
So you might have something like: “Securing a university degree continues to be a predictor of lifetime earnings, but in the United States access to higher education can be cost prohibitive, and policies should be enacted to ensure the lowest income students have access to free higher ed.” <- now don’t use my exact wording as it might not sound like you, but that’s the sort of opener you want with all the details.
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Laticia B
I need help starting my argumentative essay on student loan debt
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Lindy L
InstructorSo for an argumentative essay on student loan debt, you first want to articulate what you will argue about student loan debt (should it be forgiven? should there be better policies around it? should there be caps on interest? should there be caps on total principal amounts loaned? etc.). Are you making a policy argument or an ethical argument? These are all things that you need to know so that you can get started. Once you have said what you will argue, then you need points and evidence to support what you will argue. Here's the structure you need: First Paragraph: Background and Thesis Statement, Body Paragraphs: Develop your Arguments and Provide Evidence, and Conclusion: Summarizing and Closing with Impact.
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Laticia B
5 question to help me start my argumentative essay
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Lindy L
InstructorOur sister company has a whole blog on step by step argumentative essays (see it here, if it helps), but the main thing you need to know about an argumentative essay is that you need a thesis statement (an argument).
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