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

by Hoffman, Gary; Hoffman, Glynis

• ISBN13: 9780937363157
• ISBN10: 0937363154
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Verve Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(11)
The Grammar School Correction
Learning to Write Before Learning to Read
Neither a Trade Book Nor a Text Book Be
A Disclaimer
Style	11	(83)
Style Before Organization
FLOW: Ways to Speed and Smooth	14	(1)
Freighting	15	(6)
Telescoping	21	(6)
Netting	27	(10)
PAUSE: Ways to Slow and Emphasize	36	(1)
Very Short Sentences	37	(2)
Melted-Together Words	39	(3)
Hieroglyphics	42	(5)
Super-literalism	47	(7)
FUSION: Ways to Spark and Compress	52	(2)
Recyclables	54	(6)
Line-ups	60	(3)
Break-ups	63	(5)
Mix Masters	68	(5)
OPT: Ways to Wield Point of View	72	(1)
Personalizing Lens	73	(2)
Humbling Lens	75	(4)
Distancing Lens	79	(4)
SCRUB: Ways to Purge Pretense	82	(1)
Facial Packs	83	(3)
Metal Mask	86	(4)
War Paint	90	(4)
Form	94	(93)
Making Humpty Dumpty
TIME WARPING: Ways to Narrate	96	(1)
Splitting the Second	97	(5)
Flashback	102	(5)
Strip Tease	107	(5)
Raising the Dead	112	(9)
ENCIRCLING: Ways to Define	121	(1)
Talking Words	121	(9)
Blood Flow	130	(5)
Animation	135	(11)
LAYERING: Ways to Divide	145	(1)
Sliced Pie	146	(5)
Double Exposure	151	(5)
Thirteen Ways	156	(9)
BURSTING: Ways to Disarm	164	(1)
Devil's Advice	165	(5)
Mocking with Mass Media	170	(6)
Trojan Horse	176	(6)
Sincerely Yours	182	(5)
Critical Thought & Research	187	(47)
Cracking Humpty Humpty
PEEL: Seeking Meaning	189	(1)
Inductive Analysis	189	(3)
Deductive Analysis	192	(6)
Claim Cast	198	(7)
FILTER: Expressing Meaning	205	(1)
Verb Connection	205	(2)
Metaphoric Connection	207	(4)
Structural Connection	211	(6)
PRESS: Testing Meaning	217	(1)
Research	217	(7)
Fallacies	224	(5)
Eclipses	229	(5)
Index	234