Prose style : a contemporary guide
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Prose style : a contemporary guide
Prentice Hall, c1991
2nd ed
- : pbk.
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Rev. ed. of: Prose style for the modern writer. c1977
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For courses in advanced composition.
This volume analyzes the various levels of prose style and provides lessons in clarity, precision, parallelism, sentence variety, figures of speech, and voice.
Table of Contents
I. WORDS.
1. Levels of Style.
2. Connotations.
3. Clarity.
4. Specificity.
II. SENTENCES.
5. Subjects and Verbs.
6. Conciseness.
7. Coordination.
8. Subordination.
9. Precision.
10. Transitions.
III. ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF STYLE.
11. The Sound of the Sentence.
12. Parallelism.
13. Sentence Variety.
14. Figures of Speech.
15. Slanting.
16. The Writer's Voice.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Index.
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