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9780321015853

The Writer's Options: Lessons in Style and Arrangement

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321015853

  • ISBN10:

    0321015851

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-08-01
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Summary

This classic writing guide uses sentence-combining exercises within theoretical context to teach readers how to master sophisticated sentence constructions and improve their writing style. Fresh, relevant and accessible examples and exercises are included in the updated edition.

Table of Contents

I. COMPOSING AND COMBINING.

1. Prewriting and Drafting.

2. Playing with Sentences.

II. REVISING SENTENCES.

3. Relative Clauses.

4. Participles.

5. Appositives.

6. Absolutes.

7. Coordination and Subordination.

8. Prepositional Phrases and Infinitive Phrases.

9. Noun Substitutes.

III. REVISING WHOLE DRAFTS.

10. Coherence.

11. Rearrangement and Repetition for Emphasis.

12. Tone.

13. Paragraph Patterns.

14. Using Details.

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