Writing Prose: Techniques and PurposesThomas S. Kane, Leonard J. Peters |
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... Style " Professor Brand Blanshard agrees that all too often these charges are true . He notes , for instance , Lord Macaulay's complaint that he found Kant's Critique " utterly unintelligible " ( a criticism Mr. Blanshard sub ...
... Style " Professor Brand Blanshard agrees that all too often these charges are true . He notes , for instance , Lord Macaulay's complaint that he found Kant's Critique " utterly unintelligible " ( a criticism Mr. Blanshard sub ...
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... style . Today , although writers like Hilaire Belloc and Joseph Wood Krutch continue the tradition of Montaigne , essay has broadened its meaning to include much more than the informal , familiar essay . With this wider application the ...
... style . Today , although writers like Hilaire Belloc and Joseph Wood Krutch continue the tradition of Montaigne , essay has broadened its meaning to include much more than the informal , familiar essay . With this wider application the ...
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... style , 285 ( 8 ) , 372 ( 4 ) , 463 ( 7 ) ; com- plex style , 50 ( 7 ) , 332 ( 9 ) ; co - ordina- tion , 98 ( 9 ) ; 151 ( 9 ) , 170 ( 12 ) ; co- dination , multiple , 205 ( 6 ) , 261 ( 7 ) , 382 ( 6 ) ; ellipsis , 34 ( 6 ) , 50 ( 5 ) ...
... style , 285 ( 8 ) , 372 ( 4 ) , 463 ( 7 ) ; com- plex style , 50 ( 7 ) , 332 ( 9 ) ; co - ordina- tion , 98 ( 9 ) ; 151 ( 9 ) , 170 ( 12 ) ; co- dination , multiple , 205 ( 6 ) , 261 ( 7 ) , 382 ( 6 ) ; ellipsis , 34 ( 6 ) , 50 ( 5 ) ...
Contents
EXPOSITION | 3 |
E B WHITE The Changing City | 11 |
EDMUND BURKE The Present State of Our Affairs | 20 |
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A. J. Liebling alliteration American appears argument beginning bull bullfight called century character clauses closing course define definition describe diction dictionary E. B. White effective emotion English enthymeme example Explain exposition fact familiar essay feel fight graph Hamlet Hiroshima human idea important kind less logical Look Ma Perkins mahogany Marxism meaning method narrative never object ORGANIZATION Oxford pattern periodic sentences person phrase play POINTS TO LEARN prose QUESTIONS READER quotations READER AND PURPOSE reason Reprinted by permission rhythm satire Savold seems selection sense sentence in lines sentence of paragraph sentence structure simple soap opera Soapland speech stipulative definition story student style SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING Swietenia Swietenia mahagoni syllogism technique tell tence Theophrastus thing tion tone topic sentence town Twain Uncle Amos Underline usually verb words writer