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Tips for Writing Better In-Class Essays

Tips for Writing Better In-Class Essays

Gender in John Donne's "The Flea"

Gender in John Donne's "The Flea"

A Detailed Analysis of John Donne's "The Flea"

A Detailed Analysis of John Donne's "The Flea"

A Detailed Analysis of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost

A Detailed Analysis of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost

A Detailed Analysis of "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

A Detailed Analysis of "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

How To Write a Villanelle

How To Write a Villanelle

How to Write a Triolet

How to Write a Triolet

Subjects and Predicates | Diagramming Sentences 1

Subjects and Predicates | Diagramming Sentences 1

Introduction | Diagramming Sentences 1

Introduction | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Expletive There | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Expletive There | Diagramming Sentences 1

Direct Address | Diagramming Sentences 1

Direct Address | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adverbial Nouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adverbial Nouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Complementary Infinitives | Diagramming Sentences

Complementary Infinitives | Diagramming Sentences

The Passive Voice | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Passive Voice | Diagramming Sentences 1

Conjunctive Adverbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Conjunctive Adverbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Imperative and Hortative Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Imperative and Hortative Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Asking Questions | Diagramming Sentences 1

Asking Questions | Diagramming Sentences 1

More Participle Forms | Diagramming Sentences 1

More Participle Forms | Diagramming Sentences 1

Object Complements | Diagramming Sentences 1

Object Complements | Diagramming Sentences 1

Indirect Objects | Diagramming Sentences 1

Indirect Objects | Diagramming Sentences 1

Correlative Conjunctions | Diagramming Sentences 1

Correlative Conjunctions | Diagramming Sentences 1

Phrasal Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Phrasal Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Interjections | Diagramming Sentences 1

Interjections | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adverbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adverbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Verbals | Diagramming Sentences 1

Verbals | Diagramming Sentences 1

Identifying Verbals | Diagramming Sentences 1

Identifying Verbals | Diagramming Sentences 1

Linking Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Linking Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Telltale Signs of AI Writing (ChatGPT)

The Telltale Signs of AI Writing (ChatGPT)

Coordinating Conjunctions | Diagramming Sentences 1

Coordinating Conjunctions | Diagramming Sentences 1

Prepositional Phrases | Diagramming Sentences 1

Prepositional Phrases | Diagramming Sentences 1

Nouns as Adjectives | Diagramming Sentences 1

Nouns as Adjectives | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adjectives | Diagramming Sentences 1

Adjectives | Diagramming Sentences 1

Personal Pronouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Personal Pronouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Verb Tenses and Helping Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Verb Tenses and Helping Verbs | Diagramming Sentences 1

Direct Objects | Diagramming Sentences 1

Direct Objects | Diagramming Sentences 1

Identifying Nouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

Identifying Nouns | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Eight Parts of Speech | Diagramming Sentences 1

The Eight Parts of Speech | Diagramming Sentences 1

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 5

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 5

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 4

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 4

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Bonus Lesson | Mikhail Bakhtin

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Bonus Lesson | Mikhail Bakhtin

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 4 | Lines 34-56

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 4 | Lines 34-56

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 3 | Lines 13-34

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 3 | Lines 13-34

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 2 | Lines 1-13

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 2 | Lines 1-13

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 1 | Background and Genre

Browning's "My Last Duchess" | Part 1 | Background and Genre

A Detailed Explanation of Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence

A Detailed Explanation of Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence

The Opening 18 Lines of Chaucer's General Prologue Read in Middle English

The Opening 18 Lines of Chaucer's General Prologue Read in Middle English

Old Before New Principle in Writing

Old Before New Principle in Writing

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 3

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 3

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 2

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 2

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 1

Roland Barthes' Mythologies | Literary Theory | Part 1

Is "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" an Allegory? (1)

Is "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" an Allegory? (1)

Robert Lowth's Three Types of Hebrew Parallelism

Robert Lowth's Three Types of Hebrew Parallelism

Non-Finite and Verbless Clauses

Non-Finite and Verbless Clauses

Ellipsis | Quoting | Essay Writing

Ellipsis | Quoting | Essay Writing

Quoting Poetry | MLA | Essay Writing

Quoting Poetry | MLA | Essay Writing

Block Quotations | MLA | Essay Writing

Block Quotations | MLA | Essay Writing

MLA Essay Format (9th Edition)

MLA Essay Format (9th Edition)

Personal Reflections on Agamben's "State of Exception"

Personal Reflections on Agamben's "State of Exception"

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 4

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 4

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 3

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 3

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 2

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 2

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 1

Intro to Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" | Part 1

Dante and Allegory | Additional Examples

Dante and Allegory | Additional Examples

Dante and Allegory | The Letter to Can Grande Della Scala

Dante and Allegory | The Letter to Can Grande Della Scala

MLA Essay Format (8th Edition) Revised

MLA Essay Format (8th Edition) Revised

A Close Reading of Wordsworth's "She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways"

A Close Reading of Wordsworth's "She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways"

Parts of Speech Overview

Parts of Speech Overview

Topics in Longinus' On the Sublime

Topics in Longinus' On the Sublime

Three Functions of Clauses

Three Functions of Clauses

Clauses | The Basics | The Nature of Writing

Clauses | The Basics | The Nature of Writing

Having a Teacher Profile on The Nature of Writing

Creating Your Student Profile on The Nature of Writing

Longinus and the Problem of Defining the Sublime

Longinus and the Problem of Defining the Sublime

The Structure of Longinus' Essay On the Sublime

The Structure of Longinus' Essay On the Sublime

Creating Appointment Slots for Virtual Office Hours

Creating Appointment Slots for Virtual Office Hours

Introduction to Longinus' On the Sublime

Introduction to Longinus' On the Sublime

Edmund Burke on Language

Edmund Burke on Language

Edmund Burke on the Efficient Cause

Edmund Burke on the Efficient Cause

Edmund Burke on Beauty

Edmund Burke on Beauty

Edmund Burke on the Sublime

Edmund Burke on the Sublime

Edmund Burke on the Passions

Edmund Burke on the Passions

Edmund Burke's "On Taste" (1759)

Edmund Burke's "On Taste" (1759)

An Explanation of John Keats' "Upon First Looking into Chapman's Homer"

An Explanation of John Keats' "Upon First Looking into Chapman's Homer"

Explanation of "The Pulley," by George Herbert

Explanation of "The Pulley," by George Herbert

APA Essay Format (7th ed.) | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

APA Essay Format (7th ed.) | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

An Explanation of Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder"

An Explanation of Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder"

What's Wrong With The Five Paragraph Essay And How To Write Organically (Animated Video)

What's Wrong With The Five Paragraph Essay And How To Write Organically (Animated Video)

Greimas Square | Part 3 | Complicating the Square

Greimas Square | Part 3 | Complicating the Square

The Greimas Square | Bonus Video | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

The Greimas Square | Bonus Video | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

The Greimas Square | Part 2 | Using the Square

The Greimas Square | Part 2 | Using the Square

The Greimas Square | Part 1 | The Basic Model

The Greimas Square | Part 1 | The Basic Model

Introduction to Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns

Introduction to Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns

An Explanation of Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"

An Explanation of Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"

Explanation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

Explanation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

The Nature of Pronouns | Emile Benveniste | Bonus Video

The Nature of Pronouns | Emile Benveniste | Bonus Video

How Parts of Speech Depend on Context | The Nature of Writing

How Parts of Speech Depend on Context | The Nature of Writing

Introduction to Sonnet 115 by William Shakespeare

Introduction to Sonnet 115 by William Shakespeare

Citing the Title of a Source | MLA Citation Rules

Citing the Title of a Source | MLA Citation Rules

Analysis of "Who So List To Hunt" by Sir Thomas Wyatt

Analysis of "Who So List To Hunt" by Sir Thomas Wyatt

Claim, Evidence, Warrant | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Claim, Evidence, Warrant | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Erich Auerbach's Mimesis | Chapter 1 | Homer and the Old Testament

Erich Auerbach's Mimesis | Chapter 1 | Homer and the Old Testament

How to Sync Gmail with iAnnotate using Google Forms to Request Files

How to Sync Gmail with iAnnotate using Google Forms to Request Files

How to Search Academic Databases | Research Skills | The Nature of Writing

How to Search Academic Databases | Research Skills | The Nature of Writing

The Past Simple Tense in English | Parts of Speech | The Nature of Writing

The Past Simple Tense in English | Parts of Speech | The Nature of Writing

Can I use "I" or "We" in Academic Writing? | The Nature of Writing

Can I use "I" or "We" in Academic Writing? | The Nature of Writing

Introduction to Metadiscourse | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Introduction to Metadiscourse | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

How to Use iAnnotate for Electronic Grading

How to Use iAnnotate for Electronic Grading

Creating an Effective Workflow for Electronic Grading Using iAnnotate

Creating an Effective Workflow for Electronic Grading Using iAnnotate

Forming the Past Simple Tense | The Spelling Rules | Parts of Speech

Forming the Past Simple Tense | The Spelling Rules | Parts of Speech

Formatting Footnotes | Chicago Manual of Style | The Nature of Writing

Formatting Footnotes | Chicago Manual of Style | The Nature of Writing

The Future Simple Tense | Parts of Speech | The Nature of Writing

The Future Simple Tense | Parts of Speech | The Nature of Writing

Creating Outlines in Microsoft Word | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Creating Outlines in Microsoft Word | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Erich Auerbach's Mimesis | Biography and Methodology | Literary Theory

Erich Auerbach's Mimesis | Biography and Methodology | Literary Theory

Hanging Indentation for MLA, APA, and CMS | Citation | The Nature of Writing

Hanging Indentation for MLA, APA, and CMS | Citation | The Nature of Writing

The Three Types of Dependent Clauses | Sentence Structure | The Nature of Writing

The Three Types of Dependent Clauses | Sentence Structure | The Nature of Writing

Editing Tips for Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Editing Tips for Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Understanding Essay Grades | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Understanding Essay Grades | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Using Action Verbs | Resume Writing | The Nature of Writing

Using Action Verbs | Resume Writing | The Nature of Writing

How To Write A Fantastic Book Report

How To Write A Fantastic Book Report

Using Metaphors In Your Book Reviews

Using Metaphors In Your Book Reviews

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 3/3)

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 3/3)

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 2/3)

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 2/3)

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 1/3)

Explanation of John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Part 1/3)

J. L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words (Part 7)

J. L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words (Part 7)

Teaching English Overseas: An Interview with Brandon Michaels

Teaching English Overseas: An Interview with Brandon Michaels

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 6: Bonus Material)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 6: Bonus Material)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 6)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 6)

An Explanation of "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams

An Explanation of "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 5)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 5)

Introduction to Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare

Introduction to Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words (Part 4)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words (Part 4)

Holy Sonnet 14, by John Donne | English Literature | The Nature of Writing

Holy Sonnet 14, by John Donne | English Literature | The Nature of Writing

Introduction to Essay Outlines

Introduction to Essay Outlines

The Causes of Writer's Block | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

The Causes of Writer's Block | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 3)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 3)

Integrating Quotations: Common Mistakes

Integrating Quotations: Common Mistakes

Primary and Secondary Sources | Essay Writing

Primary and Secondary Sources | Essay Writing

J. L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words (Part 2)

J. L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words (Part 2)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 1)

J. L. Austin's "How To Do Things With Words" (Part 1)

Comic Relief in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Comic Relief in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Burke's Pentad | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

Burke's Pentad | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

An Introduction to Edward Lear's Limericks

An Introduction to Edward Lear's Limericks

How to Write a Clerihew | Poetry

How to Write a Clerihew | Poetry

How to Write a Limerick

How to Write a Limerick

APA Essay Format (6th Ed.) | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

APA Essay Format (6th Ed.) | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

Introduction to Writing Academic Book Reviews

Introduction to Writing Academic Book Reviews

The Five Types of Academic Book Reviews

The Five Types of Academic Book Reviews

Mixed Metaphors

Mixed Metaphors

Dead Metaphors | Editing | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Dead Metaphors | Editing | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Common Logical Fallacies | Rhetoric

Common Logical Fallacies | Rhetoric

Organic Essay Structure

Organic Essay Structure

Hedges and Boosters | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

Hedges and Boosters | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

Why You Shouldn't Write a Five Paragraph Essay

Why You Shouldn't Write a Five Paragraph Essay

Editing for Conciseness

Editing for Conciseness

Introduction to Thesis Statements | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Introduction to Thesis Statements | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

How to Write a Great Essay Conclusion

How to Write a Great Essay Conclusion

DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers)

DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers)

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos | Rhetoric | The Nature of Writing

Resumptive and Summative Modifiers

Resumptive and Summative Modifiers

How To Use Clustering To Organize Ideas | Essay Writing

How To Use Clustering To Organize Ideas | Essay Writing

How to Cross Reference Sources (MLA, 8th edition)

How to Cross Reference Sources (MLA, 8th edition)

How to Format Your Works Cited Page (MLA 8th ed.)

How to Format Your Works Cited Page (MLA 8th ed.)

Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 (Analysis and Explanation)

Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 (Analysis and Explanation)

Begging the Question

Begging the Question

Introduction to Punctuation

Introduction to Punctuation

The Mood of the Verb

The Mood of the Verb

The Principal Parts of the Verb

The Principal Parts of the Verb

The Most Common Sentence Errors in English

The Most Common Sentence Errors in English

The Present Simple Tense | Parts of Speech

The Present Simple Tense | Parts of Speech

Stative and Dynamic Verbs | Parts of Speech

Stative and Dynamic Verbs | Parts of Speech

Verb Tense and Aspect | Parts of Speech

Verb Tense and Aspect | Parts of Speech

Tips for Reading Sources Critically and Effectively | Essay Writing

Tips for Reading Sources Critically and Effectively | Essay Writing

Less vs. Fewer | Diction | The Nature of Writing

Less vs. Fewer | Diction | The Nature of Writing

Finding the Subject: Advanced

Finding the Subject: Advanced

An Introduction to Writing Style

An Introduction to Writing Style

Advanced Google Search Tips | Essay Writing

Advanced Google Search Tips | Essay Writing

A Detailed Introduction to Google Scholar

A Detailed Introduction to Google Scholar

Why Editing Matters: An Example of Bad Scientific Writing

Why Editing Matters: An Example of Bad Scientific Writing

Crafting Great Transitional Sentences | Essay Writing

Crafting Great Transitional Sentences | Essay Writing

Quoting Poetry (MLA 8th ed.)

Quoting Poetry (MLA 8th ed.)

Immanent / Imminent / Eminent

Immanent / Imminent / Eminent

Affect vs. Effect

Affect vs. Effect

Migrate / Emigrate / Immigrate

Migrate / Emigrate / Immigrate

A Marxist Interpretation of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

A Marxist Interpretation of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Introduction to Marxist Literary Theory

Introduction to Marxist Literary Theory

Ecocriticism and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Ecocriticism and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Aesthetics and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Aesthetics and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

The Historical Background of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."

The Historical Background of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."

A Close Reading of William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

A Close Reading of William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Methodology: An Introduction to Literary Theory

Methodology: An Introduction to Literary Theory

Paraphrasing Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Paraphrasing Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Introduction to Writing an English Essay: Reading "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Introduction to Writing an English Essay: Reading "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Pronoun Reference | Sentence Structure | The Nature of Writing

Pronoun Reference | Sentence Structure | The Nature of Writing

Good and Well; Bad and Badly

Good and Well; Bad and Badly

Comparison of Adverbs

Comparison of Adverbs

Verbals | Parts of Speech

Verbals | Parts of Speech

Connecting Sentences Creatively and Effectively

Connecting Sentences Creatively and Effectively

How to Combine Sentences Effectively

How to Combine Sentences Effectively