The 5-paragraph essay.

This video is a step-by-step instruction on how to write the 5-paragraph essay using Jamila Lyiscott’s 2014 Ted-talk Three Ways to Speak English. You can get a good understanding of how to structure the 5-paragraph essay without first watching the 5-minute video, but it’s excellent, so why not? Here is a link to the color coded 5-paragraph essay in the video and the transcript of Three Ways to Speak English.

Please reach out to me at writingconfidencetutor@gmail.com if you would like some help with your own essay.

Animal-based metaphors and stereotypes. How is sexism perpetuated through our language?

Here is an excerpt of the source text by Alleen Pace Nielsen for this lesson and the Presentation.

Food for thought:

Nielsen Argues that language reflects and solidifies deeply ingrained cultural attitudes. If that is true, is there any hope that prejudice can be reduced by altering language?