Landon, Brooks.
Summary: Presents basic writing strategies and tools for the composition of impressive and effective sentences, drawing on examples from authors who are masters of the form.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 LANLandon, Brooks.
Contents: Pt. 1. Lecture 1. A sequence of words -- Lecture 2. Grammar and rhetoric -- Lecture 3. Propositions and meaning -- Lecture 4. How sentences grow -- Lecture 5. Adjectival steps -- Lecture 6. The rhythm of cumulative syntax -- Lecture 7. Direction of modification -- Lecture 8. Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns -- Lecture 9. Coordinate cumulative sentences -- Lecture 10. Subordinate and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808.042 LAN PART 1Call number: CD 808.042 LAN PART 2
Summary: Great writing begins--and ends--with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2008