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Crafting Beautiful Sentences with Emily Bitto
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Emily Bitto (3:27)
Part One: What Makes a Good (or Bad) Sentence?
Sentences: Good, Bad and Beautiful (26:23)
One Beautiful Sentence: Virginia Woolf
Exercise: One Beautiful Sentence
(Some) Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Special Topic: Cliché
Exercise: Cliché
Play vs. Judgement
Exercise: Play #1
Choice = Power
Exercise: One Beautiful Sentence #2
Part Two: Going Deep — Elements of Sentences and What They Can Do for You
Introduction (3:30)
Basic Grammar Toolbox (optional)
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Reading: The Subordinating Style
Cause and Effect: Analysing Prose Style on the Sentence Level (18:41)
Exercise: Your Turn
Exercise: Analysing Your Own Work
Exercise: Reflection
Focus on Verbs
Exercise: Verbs
Summary and Set-Your-Own Close Reading Project
Resources
Part Three: Putting it into Practice — Drafting, Evaluating and Editing Your Sentences
Introduction (3:09)
Exercise: Play #1
Exercise: Play #2
Exercise: Play #3 — Part 1
Exercise: Play #3 — Part 2
Reflection
Editing Bootcamp
Practice Text
Editing Your Own Work
Reflection
Summary and Conclusion (1:24)
Feedback
Thank you
(Some) Ways to Improve Your Sentences
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