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Reading & Writing Lab
Find the stronger verb
Which verb creates a clearer picture: “The dog went across the yard” or “The dog darted across the yard”?
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“Darted” tells the reader the dog moved suddenly and quickly.
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COLLEGE APPLICATION WRITING
College Personal Statements
Turn a real experience into a personal statement that reveals your interests, values, and growth. Choose a practice prompt or bring your application’s prompt, brainstorm, draft, and get automated revision suggestions.
The workshop includes a planning guide, an adjustable word limit, a self-review checklist, and options to download or print your draft. Suggestions use limited text checks and reflection questions; they are not an admissions evaluation.
Open College Personal Statement Workshop Find college essay resourcesBuild your skills in 10–15 minutes a day
A manageable routine: learn for 2 minutes, answer two questions for 3 minutes, write for 5 minutes, and review one revision for 2 minutes. These are suggested times; pause or take longer when you need to.
Turn on daily practice to rotate through a different skill area each day. You can also choose any area yourself.
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High School ELA Conventions
76 challenging grammar, punctuation, syntax, agreement, and usage questions now belong here in the Skills Lab. Choose a concept and a short daily drill, or build a longer set.
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Linguistics Study Skills
Explore sentence trees, word structure, Hockett’s design features, IPA sounds, and meaning in the middle-school Language Detective Lab.
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Learn & Practice Devices
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Read a definition, study an example, identify a term, then write and analyze your own illustration. Search includes obscure historical names and cross-references.