Building great sentences exploring the writer's craft by Brooks Landon. CD
Description
Pt. 1. Lecture 1.A sequence of words --Lecture 2.Grammar and rhetoric --Lecture 3.Propositions and meaning --Lecture 4.How sentences grow --Lecture 5.Adjectival steps --Lecture 6.The rhythm of cumulative syntax --Lecture 7.Direction of modification --Lecture 8.Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns --Lecture 9.Coordinate cumulative sentences --Lecture 10.Subordinate and mixed cumulatives --Lecture 11.Prompts of comparison --Lecture 12.Prompts of explanation.^^Pt. 2. Lecture 13.The riddle of prose rhythm --Lecture 14.Cumulative syntax to create suspense --Lecture 15.Degrees of suspensiveness --Lecture 16.The mechanics of delay --Lecture 17.Prefab patterns for suspense --Lecture 18.Balanced sentences and balanced forms --Lecture 19.The rhythm of twos --Lecture 20.The rhythm of threes --Lecture 21.Balanced series and serial balances --Lecture 22.Master sentences --Lecture 23.Sentences in sequence --Lecture 24.Sentences and prose style.
12 sound discs :digital ;4 3/4 in. +1 course guidebook (iv, 132 p. ; 19 cm.).
Book Details
Author
Landon, Brooks.
Place Published
City
Chantilly, VA
Date Published
2008
Publication Subjects
English language--Rhetoric.
Linguistics.
Call No.
Video Building
ISBN
1598034472, 9781598034479
LCCN
2010618821
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references in acc. guidebook.