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Online Class: Writing Improvement 101

If you're looking for a course to help you improve your general writing skills, this might be the class for you! It's not a class in creative writing or technical writing, it's a general writing improvement class spanning all types of writing...school, business or personal.

You will improve your writing by learning how to use writing structures forming effective sentences and paragraphs, you'll learn how to create dynamic dialogues, how to enhance your writing by avoiding poor phrasing, and you'll also learn basic proofreading and editing skills.

If you're interested in improving your basic writing beyond correct grammar and punctuation, this course will help you. The more you write the more confidence you will begin to have in your abilities as writer

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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1.0 CEUs

Course Description

We know that effective writing will help students in their coursework but it's equally important to write well in the workplace. If a job interviewer is considering two qualified candidates, the candidate who can write well will have the edge. If you're interested in improving your basic writing beyond correct grammar and punctuation, this course will help you. The more you write the more confidence you will begin to have in your abilities as writer

The best grammar and punctuation in the world can still be used to churn out average or even poor writing if you don't know how to use the sentences properly or which type of sentence works best to get your point across. By the same token, if you can write lyrical sentences but you string them together into paragraphs that are a tangled mess, the sense and impact of each sentence is lost.

The course is designed to give students the most flexibility and independence. You set your own schedule and learn at your convenience. Just because the course is online doesn't mean you're left on your own. The instructor will be reviewing and grading assignments and is always available to answer questions through email.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

Introduction to Writing Improvement - Introduction to Writing Improvement
Lesson 1: Refining Your Sentences - This lesson describes how to make sentences more interesting by using phrases, combining sentences, and using conjunctions.
Lesson 2: Paragraph Structure - This lesson covers the basics of the paragraph.
Lesson 3: Types of Paragraphs - This lesson explores the three types of paragraphs: narrative, descriptive, and expository.
Lesson 4: Writing Dialogue - This lesson describes how to write interesting dialogue.
Lesson 5: Proofreading and Revising Your Writing - This lesson explains the importance of proofreading and revising your writing.
Lesson 6: Substitutions for Poor Phrasing - Poor phrasing is often the difference between good writing and great writing. Here are some examples of alternatives.
Additional Writing Resources - Additional Writing Resources

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