| Main Title |
The sense of structure : writing from the reader's perspective / |
| Author |
Gopen, George D.,
|
| Publisher |
Pearson Longman, |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| OCLC Number |
52766008 |
| ISBN |
0205296327; 9780205296323 |
| Subjects |
English language--Rhetoric. ;
Report writing. ;
18.04 English language.--(NL-LeOCL)077611969
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBM |
PE1408.G613 2004 |
|
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/17/2007 |
|
| Collation |
xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
This composition guide for students teaches writing from the perspective of readers. Rather than laying out grammatical rules, the text focuses on how readers make decisions concerning what a given sentence or paragraph means. This approach is intended to help students realize what they already intu. The Complexity of the English Sentence -- A Structural Anatomy of the English Sentence -- Weights and Balances; Motions and Connections -- "Whose Paragraph Is It, Anyway?": The Shapes of the English Paragraph -- "Write the Way You Speak" and Other Bad Pieces of Advice -- Mark My Words: A Reader's Perspective on the World of Punctuation. |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2004. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2003055624 |
| Merged OCLC records |
966102003 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20070817113949 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
00960pam 2200301 a 45020 |
