how to write the kinds of sentences you love to read /
Brooks Landon.
New York, New York :
Plume/Penguin Group,
2013.
xv, 267 pages ;
21 cm
"A PLUME BOOK."
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Sequence of Words -- Grammar and Rhetoric -- The Primacy of Propositions -- How Sentences Grow -- The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax -- Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Cumulative Patterns -- Cumulative Tweaks and Tighten-Ups -- Prompts of Comparison and Speculation -- The Riddle of Prose Rhythm -- Suspensive Syntax: The Rhythm of Delay -- Degrees of Suspensiveness, Significance of Surprise -- Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms -- The Rhythm of Threes -- Long Sentences and Master Sentences -- Sentences as Keys to the Gift of Style.
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Drawing on examples from masters of long, elegant sentences, this science-oriented approach to writing, based on one of the Teaching Company's best-selling courses, shares basic writing strategies and encourages students to embrace the sheer joy of language.
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English language-- Rhetoric-- Study and teaching.
English language-- Sentences-- Study and teaching.
Engelska språket.
Engelskundervisning.
English language-- Rhetoric-- Study and teaching.
English language-- Rhetoric.
English language-- Sentences-- Study and teaching.