Understanding style: practical ways to improve your writing
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Oxford University Press
2010
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 272 p. |
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Autor: Glaser, Joseph
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Contents Preface xi PART ONE What Style Is: Good and Bad Writing i chapter i Voices You Want to Listen to: Elements of a Written Voice 3 Voice and the Sound Qualities of Writing 4 Voice and the Writing Situation 7 Grammar and Voice 10 Diction and Voice 12 Avoiding Discriminatory Language 14 A Gallery of Voices 17 Your Writing 22 Points to Remember 22 chapter 2 Voices That Put You Off: Common Modes of Bad Writing 23 The Professional Terror 23 The Creative Genius 29 The Sleepwalker 31 The Clunker 35 Your Writing 37 Points to Remember 38
vi Contents chapter 3: Two Common Problems: Overwriting and Underwriting 39 Eliminating Deadwood 39 How Much Cutting Is Enough? 41 Varieties of Deadwood 43 Verbal Filler 44 Authorspeak 46 Overexplaining 49 A Caution against Underwriting 50 Your Writing 54 Points to Remember 55 PART TWO ACCURATE, EFFECTIVE WORD CHOICE 57 chapter 4: Finding the Right Words: What s in a Name? 59 A World of Words 59 Other Word Books 62 Types of Diction 63 Formal and Informal Words 64 General and Particular Words 65 Abstract and Concrete Words 66 Long and Short Words 68 Learned and Commonplace Words 69 Connotative and Neutral Words 71 Your Writing 73 Points to Remember 73 chapter 5: Finding Fresh Words: Clichés, Usage, Quoting, Figurative Language 75 Clichés Beat a Hasty Retreat: A Learning Experience 75 Usage Cranks and Usage Demons 78 Some Notes on Quoting 80 Figurative Language 83 Your Writing 88 Points to Remember 88
Contents vii PART THREE CLEAR SUBJECTS AND LIVELY VERBS 91 chapter 6: Subjects and Predicates 93 Subjects 93 Standard Sentence Order and “You-Understood 95 Subjects in Dependent Clauses 96 Types of Dependent Clauses 97 Coordinate Clauses 100 Predicates 101 Multiple Predicates and Predicates in Dependent Clauses 104 Your Writing 105 Points to Remember 105 chapter 7 : Naming Definite Actors and Actions 107 Naming Definite Actors 107 Avoiding Indefinite Actors 108 The Problem of Nominalizations 110 Naming Definite Actions 111 AvoidingWeakVerbs: to be 111 Other Weak Verbs 113 Unnecessary Auxiliaries 114 Unnecessary Passive Verbs 115 Keeping Actors and Actions Together 118 Your Writing 120 Points to Remember 121 PART FOUR MAKING CONNECTIONS: COHERENCE AND EMPHASIS 123 chapter 8 : Coherence: Making Sentences Connect 125 Maintaining Related Grammatical Subjects 125 Patterns of Old and New Information 129 Reinforcing Coherence with Transitional Devices 132 Reinforcing Coherence with Coordinate Structures 135
viii Contents Reinforcing Coherence with Subordinate Structures 138 Your Writing 140 Points to Remember 140 chapter 9: Assigning Emphasis hi Nuclear Emphasis 141 Coming to a Good End 144 Nuclear Stress in Lesser Breath Units 146 A Note on Punctuation 149 Patterns of Emphasis 150 Using Grammatical Transformations to Shift Emphasis 153 Emphasis Through Grammatical Bulk 155 Your Writing 157 Points to Remember 158 PART FIVE Changing the Pace: Rhythmic and Grammatical Variety 159 chapter 10: Controlling Rhythm i 6 i Sentence Rhythms 162 Types of Breath Units 164 Avoiding Overlong Breath Units 167 Using Breath Units to Control Rhythm 169 Using Stress to Control Rhythm 170 Using Long and Short Words to Control Rhythm 172 Your Writing 174 Points to Remember 175 chapter ii: Grammatical Variety 177 How Sentences Become Complex 177 Grammatical Variety in Context 179 Varying Sentence Structure with Nominals 180 Varying Sentence Structure with Adjectivals 184 Varying Sentence Structure with Adverbials 188 Varying Sentence Structure with Parallel Construction 192 Grammatical Emphasis 196 YourWriting 198 Points to Remember 198
Contents ix PART SIX Quick Fixes 199 chapter 12: Rules of Thumb 201 Start Most Sentences with the Subject 201 Make Your Subjects Definitely Named Actors 203 Make Your Verbs Name Definite Actions 204 Write Mostly in Independent Clauses 205 Keep Subjects and Verbs Close Together 207 Keep Verbs and Complements Close Together 207 Use Single Verbs with Multiple Subjects. Use Single Subjects with Multiple Verbs 209 Favor the Active Voice 209 Choose Positive Rather Than Negative Constructions 210 Focus Each Sentence on the Ideas Expressed by the Subject and Predicate 211 Mix Long and Short Sentences 211 End Sentences with a Bang, not a Whimper 212 Your Writing 215 Points to Remember 215 Appendix A: A Brief Dictionary of Usage 217 Appendix B: Alphabetical Guide to Punctuation 231 Appendix C: Glossary 247 Index 265
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