Many college applications require a personal essay, which can be daunting for students to write. But a few simple tips, some ...

In this lesson, Joe explains how to write an introduction and conclusion for an opinion essay. Hi I'm Joe and today we're looking at how to write an introduction and conclusion in an essay. For this ...

Can you imagine reading a work of fiction that brilliantly introduces the ideas held in the novel only to realize when you got to the last page that the concluding chapter was identical to the opening ...

In this lesson, Scott describes the ingredients of a good paragraph. Hello, I'm Scott. Today we're looking at paragraphs and how to use them in an essay. It's important to understand the structure of ...

The end of an essay is something to celebrate. You managed to craft a clear historical argument, support it with evidence, and finish one more assignment on your to-do list. But do you ever find ...

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...