This course will teach you how to use your written words to become more persuasive. You’ll learn creative ways to use syntax, effective techniques for telling stories, and a clever method for arranging a complex series of information. You’ll also get a chance to both professionalize your use of punctuation and add a bit of style and sophistication to how you craft everything from sentences to slogans.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Good with Words: Writing and Editing
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Informações sobre o curso
O que você vai aprender
Learn how the words you choose can change the decisions people make
Use syntax strategically
Write with originality and produce sentences that nobody else can write
Arrange a complex set of information in a reader-friendly way
Habilidades que você terá
- Persuasion
- Creativity
- Writing
- Time management
- Editing
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Universidade de Michigan
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
The Words Under the Words
In this first week, you will be introduced to instructor Patrick Barry. This week's course content will focus on how the words you choose can change the decisions that people make.
The Infinite Power of Grammar
This week, we will focus on how the order of the words you choose can change the decisions people make.
The Rule of Three
In Week Three, we will focus on combining word choice with word order.
The Power of the Particular
Our final week will focus on filling our writing with compelling details.
Avaliações
- 5 stars81,16%
- 4 stars13,69%
- 3 stars2,98%
- 2 stars0,90%
- 1 star1,25%
Principais avaliações do WRITING AND EDITING: WORD CHOICE AND WORD ORDER
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Excellent teaching and excellent material. Everyone can improve their professionalism by taking Professor Barry's writing on course, it's not just for lawyers.
I definitely recommend this course to you - whether you are a professional or a high school student - who wants to feel more confident about your writing and your writing style.
Great course overall! I loved that I learned a lot about writing strategy and not just mechanics. I wasn't expecting that, and I think it was the most valuable piece of the course.
I loved the course. It was very engaging and immersive. I was able to learn many new techniques from this course. Anyone who wants to improve their writing should definitely do this course.
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Good with Words: Writing and Editing
Perhaps the most important thing students and professionals of all kinds can do to improve their effectiveness is embrace the following advice: become good with words.

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