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Title: The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing

Author(s): Thomas S. Kane

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN-13: 978-0425176405

Date: July 10, 2000

Pages: 446

Size: 1.97 Mb

Format: PDF

Quality: High

Language: American English

Contents:

This essential resource helps all writers organize, shape, and complete their work while expressing their ideas creatively and clearly. Rules of style and technique are covered, with examples of expert prose from the masters. An Appendix covers punctuation and grammar.

Contents

Introduction 3

1. Subject, Reader, and Kinds of Writing 5

2. Strategy and Style 9

3. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

13

PART 1 The Writing Process

4. Looking for Subjects 19

5. Exploring for Topics 23

6. Making a Plan 29

7. Drafts and Revisions 34

17

PART II.

8.

9.

10.

11.

The Essay 43

Beginning 45

Closing 60

Organizing the Middle

Point of View, Persona,

67

and Tone

74

PART 3 The Expository Paragraph 87

12. Basic Structure 89

13. Paragraph Unity 95

14. Paragraph Development: (1) Illustration and

Restatement 106

8CONTENTS15. Paragraph Development: (2) Comparison, Contrast,

and Analogy 114

16. Paragraph Development: (3) Cause and Effect 125

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

and Qualification 132

PART 4. The Sentence 149

18. The Sentence: A Definition 151

19. Sentence Styles 161

20. The Well-Written Sentence: (1) Concision 191

21. The

Well-Written

Sentence: (2) Emphasis 200

22. The Well-Written Sentence: (3) Rhythm 223

23. The Well-Written Sentence: (4) Variety 234

PART v. Diction 241

24. Meaning 243

25. Clarity and Simplicity 262

26. Concision 281

27. Figurative Language 295

28. Unusual Words and Collocations 325

29. Improving Your Vocabulary: Dictionaries 336

PART

vi.

Description and Narration 349

30. Description 351

31. Narration 366

PART

VII.

Punctuation 377

Introduction 379

32. Stops 383

33. The Other Marks 417

Name Index 439

Subject Index 445