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Style : lessons in clarity and grace / Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Pearson, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Twelfth editionDescription: x, 246 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0134080416
  • 9780134080413
  • 0134645553
  • 9780134645551
  • 0134442075
  • 9780134442075
Other title:
  • Lessons in clarity and grace
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 808.042 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1421 .W545 2017
Contents:
Part one. Style as choice -- Lesson one. Understanding style -- Lesson two. Correctness -- Part two. Clarity -- Lesson three. Actions -- Lesson four. Characters -- Lesson five. Cohesion and coherence -- Lesson six. Emphasis -- Part three. Clarity of form -- Lesson seven. Motivation -- Lesson eight. Global coherence -- Part four. Grace -- Lesson nine. Concision -- Lesson ten. Shape -- Lesson eleven. Elegance -- Part five. Ethics -- Lesson twelve. The ethics of style.
Summary: "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace asserts that style is a matter of making informed choices in the service of one's readers. While writers know best what they want to say, readers ultimately decide if they've said it well. This flagship text builds on that premise, with updates on subjects such as gender-neutral writing and writing for global audiences. It brings the authors' innovative approach to the needs of today's students, while maintaining that writing with style is a civic and ethical virtue."-- Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. Style as choice -- Lesson one. Understanding style -- Lesson two. Correctness -- Part two. Clarity -- Lesson three. Actions -- Lesson four. Characters -- Lesson five. Cohesion and coherence -- Lesson six. Emphasis -- Part three. Clarity of form -- Lesson seven. Motivation -- Lesson eight. Global coherence -- Part four. Grace -- Lesson nine. Concision -- Lesson ten. Shape -- Lesson eleven. Elegance -- Part five. Ethics -- Lesson twelve. The ethics of style.

"Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace asserts that style is a matter of making informed choices in the service of one's readers. While writers know best what they want to say, readers ultimately decide if they've said it well. This flagship text builds on that premise, with updates on subjects such as gender-neutral writing and writing for global audiences. It brings the authors' innovative approach to the needs of today's students, while maintaining that writing with style is a civic and ethical virtue."-- Amazon.com.

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