Opinion Writing: Writing to Analyze, Explain, Challenge and Champion Course

Program Overview

This opinion writing program teaches students the techniques and skills necessary to write stimulating, memorable, and persuasive editorials, columns, and commentaries. Students will develop their voice, learn from past and modern masters of the craft, and acquire the techniques to mount a compelling case and call to action.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Discover what makes opinion writing—editorials, columns, and commentaries—stimulating, memorable, provocative, and persuasive
• Develop your voice and hone your skills in a variety of assignments
• Acquire the techniques to mount a compelling case, clinch the argument, and call to action
• Study past masters of the craft through texts and handouts, as well as learn from some of the modern masters who join as guests
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Teaching:

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