Skills Students Might Want to Know

- How to use a comma, semicolon, colon
- How to write a good description
- How to write a good story
- How to write a good hook/attention getter
- How to write transitions
- How to take notes on short stories, novels, essays and textbooks
- How to write memos, resumes, cover letters
- How to analyze a narrative in terms of language use
- How to analyze a narrative in terms of story structure
- How to analyze a narrative in terms of class relations, gender relations, historical forces, and individual intentions.
- How to analyze a book about ideas
- How to write persuasive arguments
- How to decode unfamiliar words
- How to increase your vocabulary.
- How to do believable/top-notch research
- How to write a variety of sentences
- How to write more interesting sentences.
- How to generate ideas.
- How to spot tricky language in contracts, advertisements.
- How to write an interesting thesis
- How to write a supportable thesis
- How to summarize stories, novels, movies, arguments.
- How to determine/talk about a writer's style.
- How to determine/talk about a writer's intention.
- How to read academic journals.
- how to expand on short ideas
- how to write song lyrics
- how to write about visuals
- how to improve grammar
- how to remember things better
- how to reduce wordiness
- avoiding cliches