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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cahn, Steven M.
Otros Autores: Cahn, Victor L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Temas:
English language > Rhetoric.
Report writing.
English language > Style.
Editing.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Publishers and publishing.
Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique.
Rapports > Rédaction.
Anglais (Langue) > Stylistique.
Édition.
editing.
publishing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Authorship.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > Arts & Humanities.
Publishers and publishing
Editing
English language > Rhetoric
English language > Style
Report writing
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (137 pages)
ISBN:9780231532013
0231532016

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