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The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane, ISBN-13: 978-0425176405

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  • Publisher: ‎ Berkley; Reissue edition (July 1, 2000)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • 464 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 0425176401
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0425176405

A Concise Course in the Art of Writing.

Whether you’re composing a letter, writing a school thesis, or starting a novel, this resource offers expert advice on how to think more creatively, how to conjure up ideas from scratch, and how to express those ideas clearly and elegantly. No matter where you find yourself in the writing process—from the daunting look of a blank page, to the rough draft that needs shaping, to the small but important questions of punctuation—you’ll find what you need in this one handy, all-inclusive volume. Some features include:

• How to use journals to store ideas and explore potential topics
• Examples of style and technique from such masters of form as Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken, E.B. White, and Annie Dillard
• Advice on using outlines to shape your material—and drafts and revisions to refine them
• Selecting the proper words to convey both information and point of view
• A useful appendix on punctuation, ranging from commas to underlining and capitalization

Table of Contents:

Introduction

1. Subject, Reader, and Kinds of Writing

2. Strategy and Style

3. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

Part I: The Writing Process

4. Looking for Subjects

5. Exploring for Topics

6. Making a Plan

7. Drafts and Revisions

Part II: The Essay

8. Beginning

9. Closing

10. Organizing the Middle

11. Point of View, Persona, and Tone

Part III: The Expository Paragraph

12. Basic Structure

13. Paragraph Unity

14. Paragraph Development: (1)Illustration and Restatement

15. Paragraph Development: (2)Comparison, Contrast, and Analogy

16. Paragraph Development: (3)Cause and Effect

17. Paragraph Development: (4)Definition, Analysis, and Qualification

Part IV: The Sentence

18. The Sentence: A Definition

19. Sentence Styles

20. The Well-Written Sentence: (1)Concision

21. The Well-Written Sentence: (2)Emphasis

22. The Well-Written Sentence: (3)Rhythm

23. The Well-Written Sentence: (4)Variety

Part V: Diction

24. Meaning

25. Clarity and Simplicity

26. Concision

27. Figurative Language

28. Unusual Language

29. Improving Your Vocabulary: Dictionaries

Part VI: Description and Narration

30. Description

31. Narration

Part VII: Punctuation

Introduction

32. Stops

33. The Other Steps

Name Index

Subject Index

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