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Well-Crafted Sentence
A Writer's Guide to StyleSecond Edition| ©2013 Nora Bacon
Writing well is always in style
Grounded in the art of writing, The Well-Crafted Sentence zeroes in on the building block of great prose: the sentence. With a friendly, approachable, and elegant tone, Nora Bacon shows the benefits of attention to style and offers a range of revision strategies that give students the tools to strengthen and develop their writing. Giving students the opportunity to see successful rhetorical choices at work in writing they admire, the text includes a brief anthology of readings by ten accomplished stylists, five of them new to this edition. Examples throughout the text are drawn from these model pieces, as are integrated exercises that help students apply concepts to their own writing. Additionally, a new first chapter, Approaches to Style, introduces students to the concept of style. Affordable and brief, The Well-Crafted Sentence works as a core classroom text or as a supplement.
Features
Practical and empowering lessons, built around examples from expert writers, give students the tools to craft rhetorically successful sentences. The chapters guide students through the techniques and strategies necessary to understand and achieve stylistic effects, using illustrations and models from the brief anthology at the back of the book.
A brief anthology of readings by accomplished writers provides a source for examples and exercises, as well as inspiration for students. Ten model texts by distinguished writers in multiple genres, such as Barack Obama, Oliver Sacks, Amy Tan, and Drew Gilpin Faust, show rather than tell students what attention to style can do for them. Headnotes for each reading highlight and explain the authors' stylistic choices.
Integrated exercises offer hands-on practice with a variety of sentence styles. Student-reviewed exercises, integrated throughout the chapters, ask students to analyze passages, to imitate sentence structures, to develop and combine sentences, and to edit others' work as well as to apply what they've learned to their own writing.
A glossary of helpful terms collects and defines the grammatical terminology boldfaced throughout the book.
New to This Edition
A new first chapter, Approaches to Style, helps students understand that writing with style means making rhetorically effective choices. New lessons on developing voice as a writer and using style in academic writing show students the importance of the choices writers make.Five new readings provide up-to-date models for students and showcase style in academic writing. A speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama, two academic articles by noted scholars Drew Gilpin Faust and Lily Wong Fillmore, a public argument by well-known litigator Theodore Olson, and a new case study from science writer Oliver Sacks show students how skilled stylists craft their writing.
- Drew Gilpin Faust, "We Should Grow Too Fond of It": Why We Love the Civil War
- Barack Obama, A More Perfect Union
- Theodore Olson, The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
- Oliver Sacks, Papa Blows His Nose in G
- Lily Wong Fillmore, Loss of Family Languages: Should Educators Be Concerned
New and revised exercises, drawing from new model texts, offer increased focus on revising and editing as well as additional practice with style in academic writing. All exercises are reviewed by a panel of real student writers.
A new Web site, developed specifically for The Well-Crafted Sentence, gives students more opportunities to learn and practice their skills. The site will include a searchable glossary, a new parts of speech guide, and other free and premium online resources from Bedford/St. Martin's.
"This is probably the most approachable style manual that I have ever encountered."— Nate Kreuter, Western Carolina University"Bacon's voice is clear, her instructions are simple, the exercises are good, and the examples are well-chosen."— Lightsey Darst, North Hennepin Community College"Instead of learning concepts by correcting errors, students learn by studying well-crafted examples from well-known texts, and practice what they have learned by writing and experimenting."— Lothlorien Watkins, San Francisco State University"The tone is friendly, the concepts are well-explained, and the models are well-chosen."— Cheri Crenshaw, Dixie State College
Well-Crafted Sentence
Second Edition| ©2013
Nora Bacon
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Well-Crafted Sentence
Second Edition| 2013
Nora Bacon
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Well-Crafted Sentence
Second Edition| 2013
Nora Bacon
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