Adios, Strunk and White: A Handbook for the New Academic Essay
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This is an innovative approach to writing for professional writers, college students and professors, K-12 teachers, and self-taught writers. The irreverent title is testimony to the lively writing style this book encourages. Adios challenges the tradtional grammar associated with Strunk & White's Elements of Style, the standby for teachers and writers for decades. The authors of Adios demystify the complexities of style and form; then give original, sometimes startling, explanations to demonstrate their use. Examples are amazingly diverse ranging from masterpieces to the off-beat, from the humanities to the sciences.
INTRODUCTION The Grammar School Correction Learning to Write Before Learning to Read Neither a Trade Book Nor a Text Book Be A Disclaimer 1 STYLE Style Before Organization FLOW: Ways to Speed and Smooth Freighting Telescoping Netting PAUSE: Ways to Slow and Emphasize Very Short Sentences Melted-Together Words Hieroglyphics Super-literalism FUSION: Ways to Spark and Compress Recyclables Line-ups Break-ups Mix Masters Opt: Ways to Wield Point of View Personalizing Lens Humbling Lens Distancing Lens SCRUB: Ways to Purge Pretense Facial Packs Metal Mask War Paint 2 FORM Making Humpty Dumpty TIME WARPING: Ways to Narrate Splitting the Second Flashback Strip Tease Raising the Dead ENCIRCLING: Ways to Define Talking Words Blood Flow Animation LAYERING: Ways to Divide Sliced Pie Double Exposure Thirteen Ways BURSTING: Ways to Disarm Devils Advice Mocking with Mass Media Trojan Horse Sincerely Yours 3 CRITICAL THOUGHT & RESEARCH Cracking Humpty Humpty PEEL: Seeking Meaning Inductive Analysis Deductive Analysis Claim Cast FILTER: Expressing Meaning Verb Connection Metaphor Connection Structural Connection PRESS: Testing Meaning Research Fallacies Eclipses INDEX
