essential guide to writing part 8

... 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

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... 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

... equipment needed is expensive. The store stocks many products to be sold. Trang 8CONCISION 289Each play has a special purpose when it is used. This question has two sides to it Most countries of the ... 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

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... 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 ... Trang 8304 DICTIONMany 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

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... 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 ... the contradiction into a headword and modifier: His soul will never starve for exploits or excitement who is wise enough to be made a fool of c K Chesterton Oxymoron and rhetorical paradox must

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 20:20

... 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

... 10368 DESCRIPTION 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 ... 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; ... 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

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 00:20

... systolic function of both ventricles (pages 5 and 89) • It is usual for a morphologic RV connected to the systemic circula-tion to be dilated. 5 Estimate PA pressure (page 94) • Make sure to ... attached to a valve Globular • Vegetation • Fibroelastoma • Myxomatous tissue Thin • Ruptured chord • Fibrin strand Trang 153 LA or RA mass• A mass attached to the atrial septum is likely to be ... no offsetting of the AV valves, the diagnosis is likely to be an AVSD (Figure 11.3). 8 Is there aortic coarctation or a PDA? See pages 83 and 100. 9 Are the origins of the coronary arteries correctly

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:20

... to A I prefer A toC I like Y more than B I like to do Y more than to do Z I like doing Y more than doing Z 1 would rather do X than Z.* I would prefer to see a B than a C.* I would choose to ... 5EXERCISE 25.2 Focus: Brainstorming and taking notes on Independent Writing prompts DirEcTIONs: Brainstorm the six prompts in Exercise 25.1 and take notes on any ideas that occur to you Don’t spend more ... see a B than a C.* I would choose to have X rather than to have Y.* I generally enjoy going to Z more than to A.* Pay special attention to the examples marked with an asterisk (*) Notice that

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 12:17

... Ed James Macintosh New York: W W Norton & Company, Inc., 1987 Editor Give the name of the editor or editors, followed by ed (if one editor) or eds (if more than one editor) Example: ... 1998: 73 Unsigned Newspaper A r t i c l e Example: "Beanie Babies May Be a Rotten Nest Egg." Chicago Tribune, 2! June 1989: 12 Editorial Show that the article is an editorial by writing ... is an editorial by writing Editorial after the title Example: "Dealing with the National Debt." Editorial Newsday, 12 October 1998, sec 2:4 Review To indicate that an article is

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... payattention to preventing secondary brain injury using the measures outlined in Fig 8.5 Once this patient is stable, he will be taken to CT scan and theneither to a neuro-ICU or to a neurosurgical ... 2003; 289(22): 2992–2999. 5 Miller JD and Becker DP Secondary insults to the injured brain Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1982; 27: 292–298. 6 Jackson R and Butler J Hypertonic ... par-ticular has to mount a compensatory response to the physiological stresswhich occurs Patients who lack the ability to mount a response haveincreased mortality Physicians are asked to assess many

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 ... way to request a response. Hope to hear from you soon… Friendly, informal way to request a response Hope to hear from you soon…. 6 Trang 8Close: Like the salutation, this can vary from formal to

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 00:20

... Figure 9-46, by adding a second y to the bottom of the code to close it Should you choose to do this, you will need to remember to delete the bracket prior to continu-ing the next exercise Figure ... your goal is probably to drive your customer con-to buy your product, either online or in a scon-tore If your carousel moves con-too quickly or is confusing for the user to get all of the information ... sound to a banner.You can use Flash CS4 in a variety of ways to manipulate sounds: Adding sound to buttons Fading sound in and out to enhance your Flash CS4 movie clips Streaming sound to an

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... 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 ... QUICK G U I D E TO GREAT PRESENTATION SKILLS SCHAUM S QUICK G U I D E T O WRITING GREAT ESSAYS SCHAUM S QUICK G U I D E TO GREAT BUSINESS W R I T I N G Trang 3Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great ... community's schools, or a company's stock, you'll need to know how to gather, sort, and track the facts and opinions available to you That's why you need to know how to do a research paper A research

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

... United States Guide books Art museums US guidebooks Museums US guidebooks [Library of Congress number] 48 N510.M34 1983 708.13 (Dewey Decimal No.) ISBN 0-564-2357630-14 Useful Books to Consider ... General works Philosophy and religion History History and topography (except America) American history Geography, anthropology, folklore, manners, customs, recreation Social sciences Political ... 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 a lot

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... 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 ... important to evaluate the quality of every source before you decide to include it in your research paper The old maxim is true: You can't judge a book by its cover You have to go deeper Here's how to

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... is totaled Now it's time to organize your research into a logical whole Outlines are a quick and easy way to do this Chapter 12 covers everything you wanted to know about outlines 8 9 Trang 8Part ... Speeches in History, p 108 8 8 Trang 6Warning! Don't rely too heavily on any one s o u r c e - n o matter how good it looks It's fairly common to find one source that seems to say it all, and ... Speeches in History, p. 108 Summarizing A summary is a smaller version of the original, reducing the passage to its essential meaning Be sure to summarize carefully so that you don't distort the

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