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Writing with Style : Conversations on the Art of Writing by John Trimble (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPearson Education
ISBN-100205028802
ISBN-139780205028801
eBay Product ID (ePID)1733707
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWriting with Style : Conversations on the Art of Writing
SubjectStyle Manuals, Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year2010
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
AuthorJohn Trimble
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2010-043524
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal808/.042
Table Of ContentC ontents A Word About These "Conversations" Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Fundamentals Chapter 1: Thinking Well Chapter 2: Getting Launched Chapter 3: Openers Chapter 4: Middles Chapter 5: Closers Chapter 6: Diction Chapter 7: Readability Chapter 8: Superstitions Chapter 9: Critical Analysis: Jousting with Mencken Chapter 10: Dramatizing Your Ideas Chapter 11: Revising Chapter 12: Proofreading Odds and Ends Chapter 13: Punctuation Semicolons Commas Parentheses Dashes Colons Hyphens Exclamation points Chapter 14: Quoting Punctuation introducing quotations Punctuation at the end of quotations Miscellaneous small points Indented quotations Orphan quotes Dialogue Punctuating run-on quotations of poetry References for quotations Punctuating parenthetical references Ellipses Editorial insertions (square brackets) Chapter 15: Abbreviations Chapter 16: Tips on Usage Chapter 17: Epilogue Sources Index
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThis bestselling brief text is for anyone who needs tips to improve writing. Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions and much more., This bestselling brief supplementary text is for anyone who needs tips to improve writing. Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips-written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions-and much more., This bestselling brief text is for anyone who needs tips to improve writing. Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips--written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull sty≤ how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions--and much more., This bestselling brief text is for anyone who needs tips to improve writing. Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips--written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions--and much more., This bestselling brief supplementary text is for any course in which students write . Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips-written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a dull style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions-and much more. Trimble is readily accessible to first-year college students, yet sophisticated enough to delight a senior English Honors class. Unusually flexible, the book can function equally well as both a self-teaching text (in literature courses, etc.) and a companion text (in composition and journalism courses).
LC Classification NumberPE1408.T69 2011
