Beyond Basic Grammar: Improve Your Writing Style

Udemy

Price: 99 USD

Course details

Beyond Basic Grammar teaches you how to improve your writing style. This course focuses on the art of writing and how to develop complex, sophisticated sentences. Learn and practice the skills that separate beginning writers from the more advanced.

What does this course cover?

Sentence Structure: Subject & Object Complements
Sentence Balance: Parallel Structures
Combining Sentences: Coordination & Subordination
Fixing Choppy Sentences
Shifts in Verb Tense
Active/ Passive Voice
Shifts in Person
Sentence Variety
More Sentence Variety: (past participle modifiers, appositives, Relative clauses)
Avoiding Vague Language
Streamlining wordy phrases & clich©s

What is the structure of this course?

Each lesson begins with an instructional video to teach you specific writing concepts.

As a student, you can download the lecture notes to review at your own pace.

Each lesson is followed by quizzes (knowledge checks) and exercises to reinforce each concept.

Even after completing and understanding the lessons, you must practice incorporating them in your own writing!

If you feel you need help with grammar before entering this class, please consider Grammar Essentials: Boost Your Writing Skills.

Updated on 30 December, 2017

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