essential guide to writing part 9

... 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

... the result of adding a second, unnecessary suffix to a word to restore it to what it was in the first place: He has great (For ambition) The story contains a great deal of satiricalness. (For ... 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: ... conceals a fact considered improper or unpleasant. Euphe- misms for death include to pass away, to depart this life, to go to that big in the equally trite. Poverty, sexual matters, and diseases are

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... word too general for your idea creates a need for wordy modification: People who enter college for the first time find it difficult to adjust to the teaching. "People" is too inclusive To ... 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 ... 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

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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 ... politician of the 1930s, who, when he was elected to the U.S Senate, passed on his gov-ernorship to a political crony): He designated his old benefactor, O K Allen of Winnfield, as the apostolic choice

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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

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... 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 II. 8. 9. 10. 11. ... Dictionaries 336 PART vi Description and Narration 349 30 Description 351 31 Narration 366 PART VII. Punctuation 377 Introduction 379 32 Stops 383 33 The Other Marks 417 Name Index 439 Subject Index ... 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

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

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... 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

... 4 Guide to Writing My parents believe that you can never get to know a place too well | understand their point of view , I find that going to strange places is more exciting | don’t want to ... began to want to travel to many differ- country are very crowded and expensive | go skiing in Switzerland or in Canada My favorite subject at the university was ancient history; , | like to ... led to my job with the Ministry of Trade Because of my position at the Ministry, | was chosen to travel to the United States to get a master’s degree Finally, this decision was important to me

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 12:17

... similar to TV and movies in themes and topics Trang 19Comics and History During the 1930s, purveyors of popular culture offered escape to the American people Their efforts served in part to ease ... piece of paper to guide your eyes to make sure you don't skip any words Try reading your paper backwards to help you focus on each word It's also helpful to ask one or more people to proofread ... CONFUSED WORDS 1 accept: to take except: to leave out, to exclude Trang 62 advise: to give counsel advice: counsel 3 air: atmosphere err: to make a mistake 4 affect: to influence (verb) affect:

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... Circulation 1999; 100: 1043–1049. 12 Goldman L, Cardera DL, Nussbaum SR et al Multifactorial index of cardiovascular risk in noncardiac surgical patients New England Journal of Medicine 1977; 297: 845–850. ... anaesthesia Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 745–755. 7 Calman KC and Royston HD Risk language and dialects British Medical Journal 1997; 315: 939–942. 8 Chassot P-G, Delabays A and Spahn DR Preoperative evaluation ... London, 1992. 2 Knaus WA, Zimmerman JE et al APACHE – acute physiology and chronic health evaluation: a physiologically based classification system Critical Care Medicine 1981; 9: 591–597. 3 Wong

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

... Creating a layer for the button We are now going to create a button on frame 236 of the banner ad to give the user a clear call to action to click the banner ad to be taken to the advertised site ... protocols or standards to guide developers and designers The W3C’s guidelines and best practices helped standardize user experience across the Web while allowing new technolo-gies to be used to ... Wide Web, You’ll need to adhere to those standards to get the best possible result from the hard work you put into your Flash CS4 gems anima-When the W3C was established in 1994, the Web was a blossoming

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 12:21

... viii 85 85 86 87 89 91 93 93 94 95 95 96 99 99 100 100 101 101 101 103 103 104 109 109 111 111 111 112 113 115 115 116 116 116 Trang 9Document Paraphrases Facts ... 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

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... libraries today His classification system, published in 1876, divided nonfiction books into ten broad categories, as follows: 00 0-0 99 10 0-1 99 20 0-2 99 30 0 -3 99 40 0-4 99 50 0-5 99 ... 99 60 0-6 99 70 0-7 99 80 0-8 99 90 0-9 99 General works such as encyclopedias Philosophy Religion (including mythology) Social sciences (including... computer terminal to read a book, ... 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

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... General works Philosophy and religion History History and topography (except America) American history Geography, anthropology, folklore, manners, customs, recreation Social sciences Political ... 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 ... 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

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... 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 ... 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 in later when you

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... following factors: • • • Audience Purpose Tone 99 AUDIENCE Knowing with whom you are communicating is fundamental to the success of any message You need to tailor your writing style to suit ... infections to become chronic 3 It can lead to chronic headache... you need to revise and edit your writing, too How to Create an Outline While outlining is not difficult, it can be hard to ... quotations to suit your purpose 100 TONE The tone is the writer's attitude toward the subject... than four or five Roman numerals in your outline If you have too many ideas, your paper is either too

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... According to the National Highway Safety Statistic Administration 1.136 lives have been saved by air bags between the years 1989 and 1995 [Reason 8] Since 1991,an increasing number of auto manufacturers ... shows In this chapter, you explored ways to suit your writing style to your audience, purpose, and tone Now, find out how to use your source material to make your point Trang 7Chapter 14 How ... didn't look good to the coaches, but the fans went wiid.To the coaches' astonishment, the referee in the end zone sig-naled the kick was good.A look at the videotape told a different story, however.According

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