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Author:

Armstrong, Dorsey, 1970-

Title:

Analysis and critique [video recording (DVD)] : how to engage and write about anything / Dorsey Armstrong.

Publisher:

Teaching Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

4 videodiscs (DVD)(12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 116 p. ; 19 cm.)

Subject:

Writing--Video disc (DVD).--Video disc (DVD).
Authorship--Video disc (DVD).
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Teaching Company.

Notes:

Dorsey Armstrong, Associate Professor of English and Medieval Literature at Purdue University.

Contents:

disc 1. Lecture 1. How to write about anything ; Lecture 2. How to be an effective reader ; Lecture 3. How literature can help ; Lecture 4. Shaping your voice ; Lecture 5. Knowing your reader ; Lecture 6. The art of the essay--how to start ; disc 2. Lecture 7. How to organize an argument ; Lecture 8. Supporting your argument ; Lecture 9. Finishing strong ; Lecture 10. The uses of poetry ; Lecture 11. Poetic diction and syntax ; Lecture 12. Drama--writing out loud -- disc 3. Lecture 13. What you can learn from autobiography ; Lecture 14. Writing and leadership ; Lecture 15. The rules of rhetoric ; Lecture 16. Invention and arrangement ; Lecture 17. Ethos and pathos ; Lecture 18. Finding what you need -- disc 4. Lecture 19. Using what you find ; Lecture 20. Getting started--writing first drafts ; Lecture 21. Editing--finding what's wrong ; Lecture 22. Rewriting--fixing what's wrong ; Lecture 23. Avoiding common errors in grammar and usage ; Lecture 24. The power of words.

Series:

The great courses, Literature & Language, Writing.

ISBN:

1598037145
9781598037142

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)