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Fundamentals Of Good Writing - A Handbook Of Modern Rhetoric (Hardcover)
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Fundamentals of Good Writing A HANDBOOK OF MODERN RHETORIC Cleanth
Brooks Robert Perm Warren Harcourt, Brace and Company New York
COPYRIGHT, 1949, I95O, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. All
rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or
portions thereof in any form. TO DAVID M. CLAY CONTENTS
Introduction THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS 1 THE MOTIVATION OF THE WRITER
3 THE NATURE OF THE READER 5 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN READER AND
WRITER 5 THE FUSION OF MEDIUM, SUBJECT AND OCCASION 6 YOUR
BACKGROUND FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING 7 1. SOME GENERAL PROBLEMS
FINDING A TRUE SUBJECT 11 UNITY 13 COHERENCE 15 EMPHASIS 19 THE
MAIN DIVISIONS OF A DISCOURSE 23 PROPORTIONING THE MAIN DIVISIONS
25 1HE OUTLINE 26 2. THE KINDS OF DISCOURSE THE MAIN INTENTION 29
THE FOUR KINDS OF DISCOURSE 30 MIXTURE OF THE KINDS OF DISCOURSE 30
OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE DISCOURSE 31 x CONTENTS 3. EXPOSITION
INTEREST 38 THE METHODS OF EXPOSITION 41 IDENTIFICATION 41
EXPOSITORY DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION 42 THE RELATION
BETWEEN THE TECHNICAL-SUGGESTIVE DISTINCTION AND THE
OBJECTIVE-SUBJECTIVE DISTINCTION 53 THE USES OF TECHNICAL AND
SUGGESTIVE DESCRIPTION 55 EXPOSITORY NARRATION 57 ILLUSTRATION 57
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST 61 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION 67
DEFINITION 83 EXTENDED DEFINITION 91 ANALYSIS THE TWO KINDS 98
ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURE 99 ANALYSIS RELATION AMONG PARTS 100
ANALYSIS AND EXPOSITORY DESCRIPTION 101 EXPOSITORY METHODS AND
THEIR USES 119 SUMMARY 120 4. ARGUMENT THE APPEAL OF ARGUMENT 125
ARGUMENT AND CONFLICT 125 ARGUMENT AND THE UNDERSTANDING 127 WHAT
ARGUMENT IS ABOUT 128 THE PROPOSITION TWO KINDS 131 THE STATEMENT
OF THE PROPOSITION 131 HISTORY OF THE QUESTION 134 ISSUES 135
PROPOSITIONS OFFACT 146 EVIDENCE 148 CONTENTS xi KINDS OF EVIDENCE
FACT AND OPINION 148 REASONING 154 INDUCTION GENERALIZATION 155
DEDUCTION 159 FALLACIES 167 FALLACIES AND REFUTATION 170 THE
IMPLIED SYLLOGISM 170 EXTENDED ARGUMENT THE BRIEF 172 ORDER OF THE
BRIEF AND ORDER OF THE ARGUMENT 183 PERSUASION 183 SUMMARY 189 5.
DESCRIPTION RELATION OF SUGGESTIVE DESCRIPTION TO OTHER KINDS OF
DISCOURSE 195 THE DOMINANT IMPRESSION 200 PATTERN AND TEXTURE IN
DESCRIPTION 200 TEXTURE SELECTION IN DESCRIPTION 211 DESCRIPTION OF
FEELINGS AND STATES OF MIND 220 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE
DESCRIPTION OF FEELINGS AND STATES OF MIND 223 CHOICE OF WORDS IN
THE TEXTURE OF DESCRIPTION 226 SUMMARY 229 6. NARRATION MOVEMENT
237 TIME 238 MEANING 239 NARRATIVE AND NARRATION 240 NARRATION AND
THE OTHER KINDS OF DISCOURSE 242 PATTERN IN NARRATION 250 EXAMPLES
OF NARRATIVE PATTERN 255 PROPORTION 262 xii CONTENTS TEXTURE AND
SELECTION 264 POINT OF VIEW 267 SCALE 273 DIALOGUE 275
CHARACTERIZATION 281 SUMMARY 285 7. THE PARAGRAPH THE PARAGRAPH AS
A CONVENIENCE TO THE READER 290 THE PARAGRAPH AS A UNIT OF THOUGHT
291 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PARAGRAPH 292 SOME TYPICAL STRUCTURAL
PRINCIPLES 294 LINKING PARAGRAPHS TOGETHER 299 USE OF THE PARAGRAPH
TO INDICATE DIALOGUE 302 SUMMARY 302 8. THE SENTENCE RHETORIC AND
GRAMMAR 304 THE FIXED WORD ORDER OF THE NORMAL SENTENCE 307
POSITION OF THE MODIFIERS 311 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SENTENCE
STRUCTURE 318 SENTENCE LENGTH AND SENTENCE VARIATION 323 SUMMARY
327 9. STYLE GENERAL DEFINITION OF STYLE 329 THREE ASPECTS OF
LITERARY STYLE 330 STYLE AS AN INTERPLAY OF ELEMENTS 331 THE PLAN
OF THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS ON STYLE 332 10. DICTION DENOTATION AND
CONNOTATION 335 LANGUAGE GROWTH BY EXTENSION OFMEANING 342 CONTENTS
xiii THE COMPANY A WORD KEEPS COLLOQUIAL, INFORMAL, AND FORMAL 348
HOW CONNOTATIONS CONTROL MEANINGS 349 WORN-OUT WORDS AND CLICHES
353 SUMMARY 359 11. METAPHOR METAPHOR DEFINED 361 IMPORTANCE OF
METAPHOR IN EVERYDAY LANGUAGE 362 THE FUNCTION OF METAPHOR 371
METAPHOR AS ESSENTIAL STATEMENT 374 WHAT MAKES A GOOD METAPHOR 378
METAPHOR AND SYMBOL 385 METAPHOR AND THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION 386
SUMMARY 388 12...
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Imprint: |
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Cleanth Brooks
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
548 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2168-4 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
Education >
Study & learning skills
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LSN: |
1-4437-2168-9 |
Barcode: |
9781443721684 |
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