TY  - ADVS
AU  - Landon,Brooks
ED  - University of Iowa
ED  - The Teaching Company
TI  - Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft 
SN  - 1598034480 (dvd)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chantilly, VA
PB  - The Teaching Company
KW  - Composition
KW  - Language Arts
KW  - English Language
KW  - Composition and Exercises
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Essays
N1  - 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

N2  - "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
UR  - https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/building-great-sentences-exploring-the-writer-s-craft.html
UR  - https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/584969026
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