Edition |
Thirtieth anniversary edition, seventh edition, revised and updated. |
Description |
xiii, 321 pages : facsimile ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-309) and index. |
Summary |
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles. |
Contents |
Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir -- Write as well as you can. |
Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric.
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Exposition (Rhetoric)
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Report writing.
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ISBN |
0060891548 |
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9780060891541 |
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9781451726992 Paw Prints |
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