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Revision decisions :

1625310064 (paperback)

9781625310064 (paperback)

9781625310286 (ebook)

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Revision decisions :

[Book]

talking through sentences and beyond /

Jeff Anderson & Deborah Dean.

ix, 190 pages ;

26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.

Revision decisions are possible: actively processing to develop options for revision -- The vocabulary of revision decisions: introducing DRAFT with a five-day lesson plan -- The process: the anatomy of a revision-decision lesson -- Modifying in the right direction: right-branching sentences -- Can't resist a list: the compacting power of the serial comma -- The pair necessities: balancing pairs and deleting repetition -- Asides are extra: adding flavor with extra information -- Sentences interrupted: the power of putting ideas in the way -- The participle principle: the verbal that tracks action -- A verbal remedy: invigorating writing with gerunds and participles -- Keep your reader oriented: using prepositions to connect and navigate -- The comma-drama dilemma: use it...or lose it? -- What's left? Branching out in new ways -- Appendixes: A. The context -- B. The demonstration -- C. The practice -- D. The collaboration -- E. Excerpt from Flesh and blood so cheap -- F. Charting connections -- G. Decisions writers make.

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English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Elementary)

English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Secondary)

English language-- Sentences-- Study and teaching (Elementary)

English language-- Sentences-- Study and teaching (Secondary)

Anderson, Jeff,1966-

Dean, Deborah,1952-

20150504114457.0

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