By Thomas S. Kane
Книга the recent Oxford advisor to Writing the recent Oxford advisor to Writing Книги Иностранные языки Автор: Thomas S. Kane Год издания: 1994 Формат: pdf Издат.:Oxford collage Press, united states Страниц: 336 Размер: 2 ISBN: 0195090594 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: zero) Оценка:Many books on writing inform you find out how to imagine extra creatively, easy methods to conjure up an idea from scratch. Many, upon getting an concept, enable you to exhibit it sincerely and skillfully. and plenty of handbooks supply trustworthy suggestion at the use of commas, semicolons, etc. however the New OxfordGuide to Writing does all 3, in order that regardless of the place you end up within the writing process--from the daunting glance of a clean web page, to the tough draft that wishes shaping, to the small yet vital questions of punctuation--you will locate what you would like in a single convenient volume.Highlighted by means of quite a few examples of profitable prose--including terrific, short excerpts from Mark Twain, Joan Didion, H.L. Mencken, E.B. White, and Annie Dillard--this stimulating quantity covers the whole topic step by step, in actual fact and authoritatively. It exhibits: * tips on how to use common books and journals to shop principles, the right way to brainstorm, easy methods to discover a possible subject systematically * tips on how to use an announcement of function or an summary to provide initial form in your fabric, tips on how to use drafts and revisions (and extra revisions) to refine your rules* the right way to open an essay in actual fact and apparently, tips on how to lead the reader subtly, the best way to use skills to precise complexity with no sacrificing influence* how one can arrange principles right into a coherent paragraph, the way to differ sentence constitution and size for style and emphasis * the right way to choose phrases that exhibit either info and standpoint * and masses, even more furthermore, it encompasses a precious appendix on punctuation, starting from commas and classes to underlining and capitalization. even if you write for enterprise or for excitement, even if you're a newbie or an skilled seasoned, the recent Oxford advisor to Writing is a vital addition on your reference library, supplying plentiful guidance and encouragement to put in writing with extra readability, extra colour, and extra strength.
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Beginning II. How attitudes toward sex, love, and marriage in the 1990s differ from those in the 1960s III. Why the differences occurred IV. Closing Now apply a similar question to each major section: I. Beginning A. Identify subject and establish focus—on the reasons for the change rather than on the change itself B. Quality and limit: attitudes in question are the predominating ones, those which set the tone of a generation II. How attitudes toward sex, love, and marriage differ in the 1990s from those in the 1960s A.
Why the differences occurred A. Feminism—more job opportunities for women and greater independence; also stronger sense of their own worth—all this weakens the allure of love and marriage B. Tighter economy—future has to be planned more carefully, less room for romantic illusions C. More self-centered view of life—partly a result of the two conditions above, but becomes a cause in its own right IV. Closing A. The attitudes of the nineties more realistic, less prone to disillusion B. But perhaps idealism has been sacrificed, or weakened, and the prevailing materialism is too ready to sell the world short Thus the analysis could go on: the A's and B's broken down, examples introduced, comparisons offered, and so on.
50 THE ESSAY Limiting the Subject In most cases a limiting sentence or clause must follow the announcement of the subject. Few essays (or books, for that matter) discuss all there is to say; they treat some aspects of a subject but not others. As with announcement, limitation may be explicit or implicit. The first—in which the writer says, in effect, "I shall say such and so"—is more common in formal, scholarly writing. The grammarian Karl W. Dykema begins an article entitled "Where Our Grammar Came From": The title of this paper is too brief to be quite accurate.