Master the College Essay: The Core Four of Academic Writing

Learn to Write College Essays Like a Pro

Language: english

Note: 4.2/5 (3 notes) 292 students

Instructor(s): Charlene Gill

Last update: 2020-11-18

What you’ll learn

The organization and structure of the college essay
The purpose of the college essay–and how to use that purpose to ace your writing assignments
How to compose the four major parts of your essay (the thesis statement, introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph)
How to achieve cohesion in your academic writing so you wow your grader and earn “A”s

Requirements

A desire to learn and succeed in academic writing

Description

In this course, you’ll discover how to structure and compose the key elements of your academic essay: the thesis statement, body paragraphs, introduction paragraph, and conclusion paragraph. We’ll take each component one at time to ensure you know exactly what to include–and what NOT to include–in each. We’ll also go over illustrative examples, and the course also includes optional quizzes so you can test your learning as you progress!

Who this course is for

Anyone looking for success in college writing

Course content

Introduction
- Introduction
- The Thesis Statement (Part 1)
- The Thesis Statement (Part 2)
- The Thesis Statement (Part 3)
- Thesis Statement Quiz
- The Introduction Paragraph (Part 1)
- The Introduction Paragraph (Part 2)
- Introduction Paragraph Quiz!
- The Body Paragraphs: Easy as P.I.E. (Part 1)
- The Body Paragraphs: Easy as P.I.E. (Part 2)
- The Body Paragraphs: Easy as P.I.E. (Part 3)
- Body Paragraphs Quiz
- The Conclusion Paragraph (Part 1)
- The Conclusion Paragraph (Part 2)
- The Conclusion Paragraph (Part 3)
- Conclusion Paragraph Quiz
- Wrap Up–and Thank you!