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Writing Political Essays with Jennifer Mills
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Jennifer Mills (1:31)
Part One: What is a Political Essay?
Part One Introduction (2:32)
Locate Yourself: Power, Privilege, Position
Exercise: Location, Location, Location
Having the Courage to Tackle Big Subjects
Language is Political
Exercise: Fixed That For You!
Writing that Does Something
Exercise: What’s Your Motivation?
How Things are Made is Political
Exercise: Making it Work
Part One Conclusion (1:25)
Part Two: Research and Writing
Part Two Introduction (1:39)
Choosing a Subject
Exercise: Find Your Angle
The Inquiry Process
Exercise: Devise Your Inquiry
Collecting Details
Exercise: Collect Detail
Research
Exercise: Plan Your Research
Opening Paragraphs
Tone
Exercise: Opening Paragraph
Part Two Conclusion (1:46)
Part Three: Structure and Editing
Part Three Introduction (1:22)
Structure
When Structure is Its Own Thing
Exercise: Map Your Structure
Ending on a Strong Note
Exercise: Write an Ending
Editing
Exercise: Be a Critic
Sharing Your Essay
Balancing Writing and Activism
Conclusion (1:12)
Feedback
Thank You
Having the Courage to Tackle Big Subjects
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