| Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects Contributor(s): Kolln, Martha J. (Author), Gray, Loretta S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0134080378 ISBN-13: 9780134080376 Publisher: Pearson OUR PRICE: $107.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 2015033214 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rhetorical Grammar encourages writers to recognize and use the grammatical and stylistic choices available to them, and to understand the effects of those choices on their readers. Kolin and Gray ask readers to regard sentence structure as a toolkit - and its application an artful way to elicit a desired emotion or reaction - rather than a list of tedious rules to remember. In this way, grammar is defined as an intellectual exercise that opens readers' minds to the versatility, beauty, and possibilities of language. The Eighth Edition offers a more intuitive content organization, updated passage selections, and current exercises and examples. It maintains its hallmark revision strategies and systematic discussions about reader expectations, sentence rhythm and cohesion, subordination and coordination, punctuation, modification, diction, and many other essential principles. KEY TOPICS A Review of Words and Phrases; Sentence Patterns; Our Versatile Verbs; Coordination and Subordination; Choosing Adverbials; Choosing Adjectivals; Choosing Nominals; Other Stylistic Variations; Cohesion; Sentence Rhythm; The Writer's Voice; Words and Word Classes; Punctuation: Its Purposes and Its Rhetorical Effects MARKET For anyone interested in advanced composition. |