Essay Writing
Learn how to write an academic essay, formatted in MLA style.
Introduction to Academic Writing | Points | |
6.24 | Introduction | 3 |
6.25 | Adversarial Method | 4 |
6.26 | World of Academia | 6 |
6.27 | What Is a Thesis? | 4 |
6.28 | What Is a University? | 4 |
6.29 | Writing Styles | 3 |
6.30 | Never Use 10 Words When Five Will Do | 4 |
6.31 | Paradigm Shift | 4 |
6.32 | Essays Should be Concise | 3 |
MLA Tutorial | Points | |
7.20 | Introduction | 1 |
7.21 | What is MLA? | 2 |
7.22 | Importance of a Thesis | 3 |
7.23 | Presenting Evidence | 1 |
7.24 | Chicago Style vs. MLA Style | 3 |
7.25 | The 7-Step Formula | 7 |
7.26 | Devil in the Details | 3 |
7.27 | In-Text Citations | 4 |
7.28 | Citing Statistics | 2 |
7.29 | Using Signal Phrases | 3 |
7.30 | How to Write a Signal Phrase | 10 |
7.31 |
The Name Rule | 1 |
7.32 | The Name Rule (More Practice) | 10 |
7.33 | The Big Four Signal Phrases | 1 |
7.34 | Quoting a Full Sentence | 2 |
7.35 | Quoting a Phrase | 1 |
7.36 | Quoting More Than One Sentence | 6 |
7.37 | Block Quotes | 7 |
7.38 | Dropped Quotes | 2 |
7.39 | Citing the Source of an Entire Paragraph | 2 |
7.40 | Two Unforgivable Mistakes | 1 |
7.41 | Plagiarism | 3 |
7.42 | Academic Dishonesty | 3 |
7.43 | It's Your Responsibility | 2 |
7.44 | Plagiarism Pledge | 1 |
Country Report (Con) | Points | |
10.19 | SKIP THIS LESSON (Introduction) | 2 |
10.20 | Read an MLA Paper (Swaziland) | 8 |
10.21 | Prepare Your Document (Screencastify) | 14 |
10.22 | Prepare Your Document | 5 |
10.23 | 1st Source in Works Cited Page (Screencastify) | 28 |
10.24 | 1st Body Paragraph (Screencastify) | 22 |
10.25 | Write Your 1st Body Paragraph | 5 |
10.26 | 2nd Source in Works Cited Page (Screencastify) | 26 |
10.27 | 2nd Body Paragraph (Screencastify) | 26 |
10.28 | Write Your 2nd Body Paragraph | 5 |
10.29 | 3rd Source in Works Cited Page (Screencastify) | 18 |
10.30 | 3rd Body Paragraph (Screencastify) | 30 |
10.31 | Write Your 3rd Body Paragraph | 5 |
10.32 | Topic Sentences (Screencastify) | 32 |
10.33 | Revise Your Topic Sentences | 5 |
10.34 | Sentence Pattern for Introduction | 5 |
10.35 | Sentence Pattern for Conclusion | 5 |
10.36 | Intro and Conclusion (Screencastify) | 20 |
10.37 | Write Your Introduction | 5 |
10.38 | Write Your Conclusion | 5 |
10.39 | Final Cleanup (Screencastify) | 24 |
10.40 | Final Cleanup | 5 |
10.41 | Congratulations! | (5) |
Prepare a Paper Copy | Points | |
25.1 | Introduction | |
25.2 | Formatting for Paper Copy (Screencastify—Pro) | |
25.3 | Formatting for Paper Copy (Screencastify—Con) | |
25.4 | Create a Header | |
25.5 | Top-Left Corner | |
25.6 | Hanging Indent | |
25.7 | Clean Up Your Spacing | |
25.8 | Print It Out |