Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Participial Phrases: Part Ii
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to fix sentence errors that involve particpial phrases which incorporate the passive voice.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Adverbs and Ambiguity
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how clarify and edit adverbs so that they are not ambiguous in a sentence.
Crash Course
Crash Course Film History #8: Soviet Montage
This video focuses on the Soviet Montage, a government-controlled film industry called Narkompros, that used cinema as a powerful tool to influence social and political ideas. They created the first film school, VGIK: State Institute of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Stating the Obvious
A screencast explaining the importance of removing obvious information from writing and providing several examples of obvious statements that could be eliminated. [2:52]
Crash Course
Crash Course Study Skills #9: Papers and Essays
Writing research papers is an essential skill in your career as a student, and this week we're going to help you do that like a pro. From figuring out where to begin to finding the best systems, to breaking out of "research recursion...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Recognize Run on Sentences and Add Ending Punctuation
In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize run-on sentences and add ending punctuation. [9:12]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Proofreading: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces the concept of proofreading. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Proofreading." [3:22]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Proofreading: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces the concept of proofreading. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Proofreading."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Substantive Editing
A slideshow intriducing the concept of substantive editing through a series of questions the writer can ask him/herself during the editing process.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Editing Techniques: Meeting the Assignment
This video lesson discusses reviewing a composition to ensure that it meets the assignment. [9:00]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Editing Techniques: Reading Out Loud
This video lesson discusses the benefits of reading a composition out loud as an editing technique. [7:55]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Levels of Editing
This slide show tutorial introduces the four levels of editing: global, substantive, local, and proofreading.
English Club
English Club: Punctuation Song
EnglishClub provides a song, written by Jonathan Taylor, that will help students learn how to punctuate with the question mark, comma, exclamation mark and period. An audio version and a print version of the song are available.