Polishing Your Prose :: How to Turn First Drafts into Finished Work.
This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose to enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volum...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose to enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volume also offers challenging practice questions, as well as two finished essays, one serious and one humorous, that demonstrate how attention to sound mechanics need not result in mechanical writing. Steven M. Cahn & Victor L. Cahn help readers deploy a host of corrective strategies, such a. |
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| spelling | Cahn, Steven M. Polishing Your Prose : How to Turn First Drafts into Finished Work. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (137 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Strategies; 1. Use Concrete Subjects and Verbs; 2. Avoid Too Many Adverbs and Adjectives; 3. Avoid Jargon and Bombast; 4. Avoid Redundancy; 5. Use Transitions to Link Sentences and Ideas; 6. Vary Sentence Structure; 7. Use Parallel Structures for Coordinate Elements; 8. Place Modifiers Properly; 9. Place the Most Dramatic Material at the End of Sentences; 10. Make Sure that Every Pronoun Has a Clear Antecedent; Part II. Passages; A. The First Paragraph; B. The Second Paragraph. C. The Third ParagraphConclusion; Epilogue; Turning Point: Steven M. Cahn; The Universe and Dr. Cahn: Victor L. Cahn; About the Authors. This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose to enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volume also offers challenging practice questions, as well as two finished essays, one serious and one humorous, that demonstrate how attention to sound mechanics need not result in mechanical writing. Steven M. Cahn & Victor L. Cahn help readers deploy a host of corrective strategies, such a. English language Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043678 Report writing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112926 English language Style. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043727 Editing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040970 Exposition (Rhetoric) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046510 Publishers and publishing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108871 Anglais (Langue) Rhétorique. Rapports Rédaction. Anglais (Langue) Stylistique. Édition. editing. aat publishing. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Authorship. bisacsh EDUCATION Teaching Methods & Materials Arts & Humanities. bisacsh Publishers and publishing fast Exposition (Rhetoric) fast Editing fast English language Rhetoric fast English language Style fast Report writing fast Cahn, Victor L. has work: Polishing Your Prose (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD39hjgq8GvXTKGmvQWpgKd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Cahn, Steven M. Polishing Your Prose : How to Turn First Drafts into Finished Work. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231160896 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=553666 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Cahn, Steven M. Polishing Your Prose : How to Turn First Drafts into Finished Work. Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Strategies; 1. Use Concrete Subjects and Verbs; 2. Avoid Too Many Adverbs and Adjectives; 3. Avoid Jargon and Bombast; 4. Avoid Redundancy; 5. Use Transitions to Link Sentences and Ideas; 6. Vary Sentence Structure; 7. Use Parallel Structures for Coordinate Elements; 8. Place Modifiers Properly; 9. Place the Most Dramatic Material at the End of Sentences; 10. Make Sure that Every Pronoun Has a Clear Antecedent; Part II. Passages; A. The First Paragraph; B. The Second Paragraph. C. The Third ParagraphConclusion; Epilogue; Turning Point: Steven M. Cahn; The Universe and Dr. Cahn: Victor L. Cahn; About the Authors. English language Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043678 Report writing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112926 English language Style. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043727 Editing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040970 Exposition (Rhetoric) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046510 Publishers and publishing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108871 Anglais (Langue) Rhétorique. Rapports Rédaction. Anglais (Langue) Stylistique. Édition. editing. aat publishing. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Authorship. bisacsh EDUCATION Teaching Methods & Materials Arts & Humanities. bisacsh Publishers and publishing fast Exposition (Rhetoric) fast Editing fast English language Rhetoric fast English language Style fast Report writing fast |
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| topic | English language Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043678 Report writing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112926 English language Style. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043727 Editing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040970 Exposition (Rhetoric) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046510 Publishers and publishing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108871 Anglais (Langue) Rhétorique. Rapports Rédaction. Anglais (Langue) Stylistique. Édition. editing. aat publishing. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Authorship. bisacsh EDUCATION Teaching Methods & Materials Arts & Humanities. bisacsh Publishers and publishing fast Exposition (Rhetoric) fast Editing fast English language Rhetoric fast English language Style fast Report writing fast |
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