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Clarity and Style in Writing

Clarity and Style in Writing

This course is part of College Writing Essentials Specialization

Instructor: Pearson

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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3 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze the stylistic principles, such as word choice and sentence variety, that create clear and emphatic writing.
Apply standard spelling rules to identify and analyze common errors in writing samples.

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There is 1 module in this course

Learn to evaluate academic writing for clarity and stylistic effectiveness. This course examines the strategies used to create emphasis, the characteristics of a clear and direct style, and the specific rules of proper word usage in professional and academic contexts. By the end of this course, you will be able to identify the elements that contribute to polished, precise, and impactful academic prose.

This course will focus, in particular, on clarity and style in academic writing. We will examine strategies for conveying emphasis in our academic writing, methods for writing in a clear and direct style, various rules for proper word usage in academic writing, and commonly misused words to avoid in professional and academic writing.

What's included

2 assignments3 app items4 plugins

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Graded Quiz30 minutes
Practice Quiz30 minutes

3 app itemsTotal 105 minutes

Reading: Clarity and Style pp. 145-18570 minutes
Reading: Spelling and the Hyphen pp. 343-35120 minutes
Reading: Word Choice pp. 468-47415 minutes

4 pluginsTotal 20 minutes

Interactive: Conveying Emphasis in Academic Writing5 minutes
Interactive: Variety and Details5 minutes
Interactive: Spelling Rules5 minutes
Interactive: Clear and Effective Writing5 minutes

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