Building Great Sentences : Exploring the Writer's Craft / Brooks Landon ; The Teaching Company.
Par : Landon, Brooks | University of Iowa.
Collaborateur(s) : The Teaching Company.
Collection : The Great Courses ; Literature and Language ; Writing. Éditeur : Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2008Édition : 1st ed.Description :4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (iv, 132 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).ISBN : 1598034480 (dvd).Sujet(s) : Composition | Language Arts | English Language | Composition and Exercises | Rhetoric | EssaysRessources en ligne : Publisher's Website. | Check the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog.| Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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Includes 24 x 30 min. lectures.
Also includes a Course Guidebook.
Includes glossary, biographical notes and bibliographical references.
"Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your appreciation of great writing and potentially improving your own.
Why do some lengthy sentences flow effortlessly while others stumble along?
Why are you captivated by the writing of particular authors but not others?
How can you craft sentences that reflect your own unique outlook on the world?
Get the answers to these and other questions about writing and style in Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft." (Publisher's Website)
CONTENTS:
Disc 1
Lecture 1. A Sequence of Words
Lecture 2. Grammar and Rhetoric
Lecture 3. Propositions and Meaning
Lecture 4. How Sentences Grow
Lecture 5. Adjectival Steps
Lecture 6. The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax
Disc 2
Lecture 7. Direction of Modification
Lecture 8. Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Patterns
Lecture 9. Coordinate Cumulative Sentences
Lecture 10. Subordinate and Mixed Cumulatives
Lecture 11. Prompts of Comparison
Lecture 12. Prompts of Explanation
Disc 3
Lecture 13. The Riddle of Prose Rhythm
Lecture 14. Cumulative Syntax to Create Suspense
Lecture 15. Degrees of Suspensiveness
Lecture 16. The Mechanics of Delay
Lecture 17. Prefab Patterns for Suspense
Lecture 18. Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms
Disc 4
Lecture 19. The Rhythm of Twos
Lecture 20. The Rhythm of Threes
Lecture 21. Balanced Series and Serial Balances
Lecture 22. Master Sentences
Lecture 23. Sentences in Sequence
Lecture 24. Sentences and Prose Style
"Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your appreciation of great writing and potentially improving your own.
Why do some lengthy sentences flow effortlessly while others stumble along?
Why are you captivated by the writing of particular authors but not others?
How can you craft sentences that reflect your own unique outlook on the world?
Get the answers to these and other questions about writing and style in Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft." (Publisher's Website)
DVD CONTENTS:
Disc 1
Lecture 1. A Sequence of Words
Lecture 2. Grammar and Rhetoric
Lecture 3. Propositions and Meaning
Lecture 4. How Sentences Grow
Lecture 5. Adjectival Steps
Lecture 6. The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax
Disc 2
Lecture 7. Direction of Modification
Lecture 8. Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Patterns
Lecture 9. Coordinate Cumulative Sentences
Lecture 10. Subordinate and Mixed Cumulatives
Lecture 11. Prompts of Comparison
Lecture 12. Prompts of Explanation
Disc 3
Lecture 13. The Riddle of Prose Rhythm
Lecture 14. Cumulative Syntax to Create Suspense
Lecture 15. Degrees of Suspensiveness
Lecture 16. The Mechanics of Delay
Lecture 17. Prefab Patterns for Suspense
Lecture 18. Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms
Disc 4
Lecture 19. The Rhythm of Twos
Lecture 20. The Rhythm of Threes
Lecture 21. Balanced Series and Serial Balances
Lecture 22. Master Sentences
Lecture 23. Sentences in Sequence
Lecture 24. Sentences and Prose Style
GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
Professor Biography
Course Scope
LECTURE GUIDES
Lecture 1: A Sequence of Words
Lecture 2: Grammar and Rhetoric
Lecture 3: Propositions and Meaning
Lecture 4: How Sentences Grow
Lecture 5: Adjectival Steps
Lecture 6: The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax
Lecture 7: Direction of Modification
Lecture 8: Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Patterns
Lecture 9: Coordinate Cumulative Sentences
Lecture 10: Subordinate and Mixed Cumulatives
Lecture 11: Prompts of Comparison
Lecture 12: Prompts of Explanation
Lecture 13: The Riddle of Prose Rhythm
Lecture 14: Cumulative Syntax to Create Suspense
Lecture 15: Degrees of Suspensiveness
Lecture 16: The Mechanics of Delay
Lecture 17: Prefab Patterns for Suspense
Lecture 18: Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms
Lecture 19: The Rhythm of Twos
Lecture 20: The Rhythm of Threes
Lecture 21: Balanced Series and Serial Balances
Lecture 22: Master Sentences
Lecture 23: Sentences in Sequence
Lecture 24: Sentences and Prose Style
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Glossary
Biographical Notes
Bibliography
DVD.
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