Composition Tips

One: The Big Blue Exercise Ball. Vivid Descriptions.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=679708443139247836&hl=en

Two: The Big, Blue Exercise Ball Blows Away. Good descriptions vs. bad descriptions.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=228523447827637206&hl=en

Three: Denial. The Big, Blue Exercise Ball Blew Away. Sadly enough, I can't get it. It is too hard to scale a 100-foot ice-covered cliff. However, I'm not buying it. I want to try. Writing Tip -- Description and writing sequences of events.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6963447877624913336&hl=en

Four: Division and Classification Paper. Acceptance of the real conditions of life, of reality. Warm days, cold days, and truly miserable days. Classification schemes. Making order from chaos, sense from the senseless.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8354515977727126913&hl=en

Five: The Exercise Ball Is Not Coming Back. Acceptance? Or, Bargaining with Kismet? Revision Strategies - Let someone read your work. If that's not possible, come up with a series of questions so that you see your essay through totally fresh eyes.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4627701443783480288&hl=en

Six: The Big Blue Exercise Ball Came Back! Constructing effective narratives

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3363035574748457595

Seven: Selecting the Best Words for your Essay

 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1756762172486208978

Eight: Using Evidence to Help Your Argument

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5209347311653248189

Nine: Your Writing Textbook -- Worth its weight in gold!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8216720748272692358

compliments of ... Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.