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The art of styling sentences : 20 patterns for success
Record details
- ISBN: 9780764147838 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0764147838 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 158 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Edition: 5th ed.
- Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1.The Sentence -- What exactly is a sentence? -- Some helpful references -- 2.The Twenty Patterns -- Now let's make sentences grow -- Compound constructions -- Pattern 1 Compound sentence with semicolon and no conjunction -- Pattern 1a Compound sentence with conjunctive adverb (connector) -- Pattern 1b Compound sentence with coordinating conjunction (also connector) -- Pattern 1c Compound sentence with two or more semicolons -- Pattern 2 Compound sentence with elliptical construction -- Pattern 3 Compound sentence with explanatory statement -- Sentences with series -- Pattern 4 A series without a conjunction -- Pattern 4a A series with a variation -- Pattern 5 A series of balanced pairs -- Pattern 6 An introductory series of appositives -- Pattern 7 An internal series of appositives or modifiers -- Pattern 7a A variation: a single appositive or a pair -- Pattern 8 Dependent clauses in a pair or in a series -- Pattern 9 Repetition of a key term -- Pattern 9a A variation: same word repeated in parallel structure -- Pattern 10 Emphatic appositive at end, after a colon -- Pattern 10a A variation: appositive after a dash -- Pattern 11 Interrupting modifier between S and V -- Pattern 11a A full sentence as interrupting modifier -- Pattern 12 Introductory or concluding participles -- Pattern 13 A single modifier out of place for emphasis -- Pattern 14 Prepositional phrase before S and V -- Pattern 15 Object or complement before S and V -- Pattern 15a Complete inversion of normal pattern -- Pattern 16 Paired constructions -- Pattern 16a A paired construction for contrast only -- Pattern 17 Dependent clause as subject or object or complement -- Pattern 18 Absolute construciton anywhere in sentence -- Pattern 19 The short, simple sentence for relief or dramatic effect -- Pattern 19a A short question for dramatic effect -- Pattern 20 The deliberate fragment -- |
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| Subject: | Authorship -- Style manuals Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences English language -- Sentences English language -- Rhetoric |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | PE 1441 L57 2012 (Text) | 26040002955074 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | PE 1441 L57 2012 (Text) | 26040002970115 | Main Collection | Available | - |
