Adios, Strunk and White : A Handbook for the New Academic Essay

by Hoffman, Gary; Hoffman, Glynis

• ISBN13: 9780937363201
• ISBN10: 0937363200
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Distributors

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
The Church of the English Teacher
Writing Before Reading
Neither a Trade Book Nor a Textbook Be
The Strunk and White Tradition
A Warning
1 STYLE: Style Before Structure	14	(68)
FLOW: Ways to Speed and Smooth	14	(17)
Freighting	17	(6)
Telescoping	23	(8)
PAUSE: Ways to Slow and Emphasize	31	(19)
Very Short Sentence	31	(4)
Melted-together Words	35	(3)
Hieroglyphics	38	(8)
Super-literalism	46	(4)
FUSION: Ways to Spark and Compress	50	(18)
Slang Tang	51	(5)
Line-ups	56	(3)
Break-ups	59	(5)
Mix Masters	64	(4)
OPT: Ways to Wield Point of View	68	(14)
Personalizing Lens	69	(4)
Humbling Lens	73	(4)
Distancing Lens	77	(5)
2 FORM: Structure as Shuffled Forms	82	(125)
TIME WARPING: Ways to Narrate	84	(19)
Pulsing the Tense	85	(4)
Splitting the Second	89	(4)
Anecdoting	93	(5)
Problem Making	98	(5)
ENCIRCLING: Ways to Define	103	(23)
Thesauruscoping	104	(5)
Cliché-Busting	109	(4)
Stress Testing	113	(5)
Quote Sandwiching	118	(3)
Pie Slicing	121	(5)
BURSTING: Ways to Disarm	126	(23)
Devil's Advice	127	(5)
Mocking	132	(4)
Trojan Horse	136	(4)
Sincerely Yours	140	(9)
PUNCHING UP: Ways to Intensify	149	(25)
Echoing	150	(3)
Netting	153	(6)
Q&A-ing	159	(6)
Masquerading	165	(4)
Raising the Dead	169	(5)
TRANSITIONING: Ways to Combine	174	(33)
Twist Ties	175	(6)
Captions	181	(9)
Double Exposures	190	(7)
Thirteen Ways	197	(10)
3 HEADWORK: Strong and Weak Noodling	207	(38)
PEEL: Ways to Seek Meaning	208	(15)
Inductive Analysis	209	(3)
Deductive Analysis	212	(3)
Claim Cast	215	(4)
Infer-styling	219	(4)
SCRUB: Ways to Purge Deceit	223	(15)
Facial Pack: Euphemism	224	(3)
War Paint: Euphemism	227	(4)
Jousters: Logical Fallacies	231	(3)
Mentals: Logical Fallacies	234	(4)
BASTE: Ways to Research	238	(7)
Seasoning	239	(2)
Drenching	241	(2)
Presenting	243	(2)
INDEX	245