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Video Series on English Composition

English Composition: Writing for an Audience

This is a very well-produced series of 13 videos on various aspects of writing, both academic and professional. The series is available on campus through the Instructional Media Service in Falvey, lower level. The call number for the video series is VT 3880. Call IMS at x94467 to check out a tape.

Use these tapes to reinforce items covered in class and to add variety to the workshop/lecture course.

Each hour-long tape covers two 30-minute topics. Odd-numbered programs form the "Thinking and Writing Strategies" sequence; even-numbered programs cover the "Writing Process."

  1. School Writing/Real World
  2. Finding Something to Say
  3. Description
  4. Reading as a Writer
  5. Narrative Writing
  6. Voice
  7. Process Analysis
  8. Revision
  9. Writing Under Pressure
  10. Freewriting and Generating Ideas
  11. Computers in Composition
  12. Organizing Devices
  13. Comparison and Contrast
  1. Peer Feedback
  2. Definition
  3. Collaborative Writing
  4. Persuasion
  5. Reading as a Thinker
  6. Argument
  7. Quotes and Citations
  8. Research
  9. Editing: Sentences
  10. Critical Thinking
  11. Editing: Word Usage
  12. Writing Across the Disciplines
  13. Editing: Mechanics