The New Oxford Guide to Writing by Kane, Thomas S.

The New Oxford Guide to Writing

Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, how to conjure up an idea...
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The New Oxford Guide to Writing by Kane, Thomas S.

The New Oxford Guide to Writing

$151.00

The New Oxford Guide to Writing

$151.00
Author: Thomas S. Kane
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, how to conjure up an idea from scratch. Many, once you have an idea, show you how to express it clearly and elegantly. And many handbooks offer reliable advice on the use of commas, semicolons, and so forth. But The New Oxford
Guide to Writing does all three, so that no matter where you find yourself in the writing process--from the daunting look of a blank page, to the rough draft that needs shaping, to the small but important questions of punctuation--you will find what you need in one handy, all-inclusive volume.
Highlighted by numerous examples of successful prose--including marvelous, brief excerpts from Mark Twain, Joan Didion, H.L. Mencken, E.B. White, and Annie Dillard--this stimulating volume covers the entire subject step-by-step, clearly and authoritatively. It shows:
*How to use commonplace books and journals to store
ideas, how to brainstorm, how to explore a potential
topic systematically
*How to use a statement of purpose or an outline to
give preliminary shape to your material, how to use
drafts and revisions (and more revisions) to refine
your ideas
*How to open an essay clearly and interestingly, how to
lead the reader subtly, how to use qualifications to
express complexity without sacrificing impact
*How to organize ideas into a coherent paragraph, how
to vary sentence structure and length for variety and
emphasis
*How to select words that convey both information and
point of view
*And much, much more
In addition, it contains a useful appendix on punctuation, ranging from commas and periods to underlining and capitalization.
Whether you write for business or for pleasure, whether you are a beginner or an experienced pro, The New Oxford Guide to Writing is an essential addition to your reference library, providing abundant assistance and encouragement to write with more clarity, more color, and more force.

Author: Thomas S. Kane
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/19/1988
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.36w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780195045383


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/1988

About the Author

About the Author:
Thomas Kane was formerly Professor of English at the University of Connecticut at Waterbury, where he taught writing for over twenty-five years. He co-edited The Short Story and the Reader and Writing Prose, Sixth Edition, both with Leonard J. Peters, and wrote The Oxford Guide to Writing.



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