Citing Sources – MLA or APA
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video compares the two primary format styles used by students to document sources: MLA and APA.
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All resources in English
Elements of Argument
(View Complete Item Description)This short video defines key elements of argument: thesis, evidence, examples, appeals, and counterargument.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Module
Active vs Passive Voice Video
(View Complete Item Description)Illustrates the difference in using active voice vs passive voice to express the same idea.
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Evaluating Your Writing
(View Complete Item Description)This short animated video offers tips on how to evaluate your writing during the revision process.
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Hegelian Process
(View Complete Item Description)This short animation illustrates the Hegelian process, in which two opposing ideas (thesis vs. antithesis) can synthesize into a new, totally different idea.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Module
Metaphors & Similes
(View Complete Item Description)Description:This short animated video defines and provides examples of metaphors and similes.
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The Oxford English Dictionary
(View Complete Item Description)Description:This animated video illustrates the use of the Oxford English Dictionary, including definitions, word origins, and historical word usage.
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Paragraphs
(View Complete Item Description)Description:This short animated video explains the purpose and use of paragraphs in narrative structure.
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Punctuating Dialogue
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video is a quick tutorial on the rules for punctuating dialogue.
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Questions for Surveys
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video illustrates how to create effective questions for a survey.
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Rogerian Theory
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animation illustrates Rogerian theory, an approach to argument that emphasizes building connections between different positions.
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Statistics
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animation uses the game of baseball to illustrate how a few carefully chosen statistics can make a stronger impact on an argument than the use of too many statistics.
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Syllogism
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animation illustrates a syllogism, a line of deductive reasoning that engages the reader’s intellectual and reasoning capacity.
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Thesis Troublemakers
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video illustrates words that weaken thesis statements, focusing on linking verbs and adjectives of value.
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Titles
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video illustrates how effective titles can capture the essence of a work and capture the reader’s attention.
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Transitions
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This animated video defines and provides examples of transition words and phrases, showing how they work together to achieve flow in writing.
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Turnabout Paragraphs
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video explains turnabout paragraphs with a graphic illustration.
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Using Details
(View Complete Item Description)Description: This short animated video illustrates how adding the right details can make writing come alive.
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