essential guide to writing part 5

... of Wellington is commenting with pleasant cynicism upon the capacity of young ladies to endure the absence of lovers gone to war): They contrive, in some manner, to live, and look tolerably well, ... of their lover; and some have even been known to recover so far as to be inclined to take another lover, if the absence of the first has lasted too long. Even when the coordinated clauses are ... used to separate all the items in a list or series when any of the items contains a comma This is done because the presence of a comma within one or more items requires a stronger stop to signal

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 16:15

... one hell Of a p i l e of p u l p Pauline Kael To revert for a moment to the story told in the first person, it is plain that in that case the narrator has no such liberty . Percy Lubbock t> ... read-ers from the misstep of thinking the writer is referring to "sail boats": When you are first learning to sail boats seem to be very cumber-some things. Adverbial clauses in an interrupting ... clarity will not suffer (British writers seem to exercise that choice more often than do Americans): When he describes the past the historian has to recapture the rich-ness of the moments,

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 02:15

... but also are interesting and entertaining in themselves: To philosophize is to understand; to understand is to explain self; to explain is to relate Brand Blanshard one-I didn't like the swimming ... spirit.) The average autochthonous Irishman is close to patriotism because he is close to the earth; he is close to domesticity because he is close to the earth; he is close to doctrinal theology ... married man play-Polysyndeton and Asyndeton Despite their formidable names, polysyndeton and asyndetonare nothing more than different ways of handling a list or series Polysyndeton places a conjunction

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 00:15

... result of adding a second, unnecessary suffix to a word to restore it to what it was in the first place: He has great ambitiousness (For ambition) The story contains a great deal of satiricalness ... mean to suggest that Segal is as gaga as this book [Love Story]—only that a part of him is Pauline Kael Pretentiousness Pretentiousness is using big words to no purpose (except per-haps to show ... he proceeded to the bulletin board. BETTER: Told yes, he went to the bulletin board. Television shows which demonstrate participation in physical ex-ercise will improve your muscle tone. BETTER:

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... it is not too much to ask people to look into a dictionary now and again.) > Don't Spell Out What Is Clearly Implied Unless there is a clear chance of confusion, you do not have to state what ... should serve to start many Americans to begin thinking. BETTER: should start many Americans thinking. Trang 3284 DICTIONNucleonics investigates the smaller particles that go to make up the ... adjectival wordiness is using a full rel-ative clause to introduce a participle or adjective that could be attached directly to the noun: Trang 4CONCISION 285This is the same idea that was suggested last

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... are brief, but they may be expanded—usually by breaking the vehicles into parts and applying each to the tenor A historian, writing about the Italian patriot Garibaldi, explains that his mind was ... capacity to familiarize the strange, to expand ideas, to express feelings and evaluations, and to give us pleasure, similes have an even greater power They bring us more intimately in touch with ... metaphors use synecdoche and metonymy.2 Usually a writer wants to introduce as precise an image as possible into the vehicle of a metaphor, thus appealing immediately to the reader's eyes or ears

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... is to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes (3:1-8): I didn't know whether I should appear before you—there is a time to show and a time to hide; there is a time to speak, and also a time to ... opposite value Here, for example, a historian de-scribes a party at the court of the English king James I: Later the company flocked to the windows to look into the palace courtyard below Here a ... significance: We [Western peoples] tend to have a Micawberish attitude toward life, a feeling that so long as we do not get too excited something is certain to turn up Barbara Ward A writer making

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... his angry overalls, too angry to come down tO l u n c h e o n Harold Nicholson Oxymoron and Rhetorical Paradox When the oddity of a collocation becomes seemingly contra-dictory, it is called ... adjectives is known as a transferred epithet—a word customarily applied to a partic-ular noun or class of nouns which is used instead to modify something associated with that noun, as in "a ... Cretans are liars," said a Cretan. A rhetorical paradox, on the other hand, does not contain a true contradiction It may seem to Chesterton appears to be saying something that is logically paradoxical—can

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... Writing 5 2 Strategy and Style 9 3 Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics 13 PART 1 The Writing Process 4 Looking for Subjects 19 5 Exploring for Topics 23 6 Making a Plan 29 7 Drafts and Revisions 34 17 PART ... genius by reading a book But you don't have to be a genius to write clear, effective English You just have to understand what writing involves and to know how to handle words and sentences and para-graphs ... however, go a long way Readers have egos too Kinds of Writing The various effects a writer may wish to have on his or her readers—to inform, to persuade, to entertain—result in dif-ferent kinds

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 00:20

... wakes—intr a To cease to sleep; become awake; awaken Often used with up b To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness Regional To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse To be or remain ... awake.—tr To rouse from sleep; awaken Often used with up To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse: wake old animosities To make aware of; to alert Often used with to: It waked him to ... DICTION between exact and near synonyms To distinguish all shades of meaning would result in a vast work of many volumes, too expensive to buy and too cumbersome to use Roget's is probably the best

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 00:20

... down my lunch on my way to the speech clinic and rush back to the school in time to make up for the classes I had lost One day, one unforgettable dread day, I stopped to catch my breath on a ... headed THE HUMAN FACTORY, which showed the exact course a mouthful of food follows as it falls from chamber to chamber of the body I hadn't meant to stop there at all, only to catch my breath; ... AND NARRATIONhis story into two parts: the problems of getting ashore (par-agraphs 2 and 3), and the difficulties of returning to the ship (4) We called at Malta, a curious town where there is

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 00:20

... than the other, the jet will be directed towards that leaflet ch05 4/5/07 1:33 pm Page 55 Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting 56 Figure 5.9 Posterior leaflet restriction. In this ... annuloplasty ring in most repairs (Figure 5.9). Valve disease 57 ch05 4/5/07 1:33 pm Page 57 Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting 58 Table 5.14 Echocardiography after mitral valve ... be intensity triangular (Figure 5.10) Hepatic vein flow Normal Maybe systolic Systolic reversal blunting (Figure 5.11) a Colour scale limit 28 cm/s Table 5.15 Causes of tricuspid valve disease

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:20

... Program Listen to part of a lecture in an ecology class @) Notes on the lecture: Summary/Paraphrase of the lecture: Trang 2620 Section 4 Guide to Writing Task 5 In the ... Section 4 Guide to Writing Task 2 Trang 13 Task 3 Trang 14632 Section 4 Guide to Writing ... she points out, there is no way to destroy it before it hits the Earth Task 2 Trang 6624 Section 4 Guide to Writing Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Trang 7Task 6

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 12:17

... personal agenda to advance? Check the author's credentials and reputation to see if you can discern bias; pay attention to tone as well Evaluate the source itself Here are some guidelines to use: ... with the tools and have a good idea where to look for information on many topics, n o one can keep up with the information flow Fortunately, you don't have to understand everything to use the ... Technologies 35-16 Rte 110 Lenexa, Kansas May 26, 1998 617-983-0055 of Trang 7W a r n i n g ! If a catalog or index does not provide complete biblio-graphic information, leave blanks to be filled

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... effective way to treat or assess possible hypovolaemia AsFig 5.5 shows, increasing maintenance fluids takes a longer time to restoreintravascular volume Hypoperfusion, if present, needs to be treated ... clinicalbleeding Fig 5.9 shows the electrolyte content of common colloids.Blood The following are indications for blood transfusion: • To restore intravascular volume in haemorrhage • To restore oxygen ... defined in international guidelines[6,7] In a situation where the patient is stable and you wish to assess volumestatus, a fluid challenge is 500 ml 0.9% saline or 250-ml colloid, such as a gelatine

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 18:21

... formal or informal Some examples are: formal - to receive / to inform / to assist / to contact informal - to get / to tell / to help / to get in touch 8 Formal Email (very formal) Informal Email ... start with a capital letter I’m writing to… More formal introduction to say why you are writing Just a quick note to… Friendly, informal way to say why you are writing More Information: This is ... Trang 1THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO READING AND WRITING EMAILS IN ENGLISH How to read difficult emails written by someone who writes English as a 2nd language and How to write emails in English

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 00:20

... Transform tool to move the bone pivot 2 Use the Free Transform tool to move the pivot point—the white circle—close to the base of the creature, as shown in Figure 7-35 Figure 7-35 The pivot ... Selecting the Bone tool Trang 5As you drag the mouse from left to right, a bone will form The rounded base is the bone’s pivot point To attach one bone to another, you need to begin each child ... Notice how this is similar to moving the bones of an arm to create a pose 5 Click the Selection tool and hover it over a bone pivot point Notice how it changes its icon to include a bone This indicates

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... 32 34 35 37 37 38 38 39 40 42 43 43 44 44 47 48 48 49 5 1 52 52 53 55 55 55 56 Trang 7Other Sources of Information 57 Government Documents 57 Pamphlets 57 Special ... Wright Right 150 Proofreading Symbols 153 Chapter PO-Model Papers 155 Index 175 x Trang 11Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers Trang 13Part I Getting Started Trang 15Chapter ... 1Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers Trang 2Other Books in Schaumf Quick Guide Series Forthcoming titles: SCHAUM S QUICK G U I D E TO WRITING GREAT SHORT STORIES SCHAUM S

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... available yet to fill a paper on your specific subtopics. Solution: Find a topic that affords you sufficient information to cover the issue thoroughly. 8. Do I like my topic enough to want to write ... the issue if your topic has only one side. Get a new topic that is controversial (without being offensive, of course!). 7. Is the topic too new? Problem: If the topic is too fresh, such as ... your topic, your par- ents like your topic, your buddies like your topic. Even your dog likes your topic. The problem? You don't like your topic. Solution: Y o u guessed it: Get a new topic.

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... McClanahan, Ezra Guide to American Art Museums 1 Art United States Guide books 2 Art museums US guidebooks 3 Museums US guidebooks N510.M34 1983 708.13 (Dewey Decimal No.) ISBN 0-564-2357630-14 ... approximately 75,000 Americans and others linked to America Who Was Who covers famous people who have died 4 9 Trang 55 Almanacs These are remarkably handy and easy-to-use reference guides These ... instead into on-line sources As a result, you may not be able to get the books you need easily • It can take a long time to sift through a book to find the information you need You may have to do

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20