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Title:
Word up! : how to write powerful sentences and paragraphs (and everything you build from them)
Alternate title:
How to write powerful sentences and paragraphs (and everything you build from them)
General Note:
Includes indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Up with (thoughtful) prescriptivism -- Up with words. To be or not to be ; Talk - I mean obfuscate - your way to the top ; The only thing that these signs have in common ; Her and I : how to banish painful personal-pronoun pairings ; To each their own ; Whom ya gonna call? ; Hyphens unite! ; To hyphenate or not to hyphenate after a noun : that is the wrong question ; Let me count the - different? - ways ; The pen is mightier than the shovel ; You don't know from prepositions ; A modern take (is take a noun?) on parts of speech -- Up with sentences and paragraphs. The last word ; A definition is where you don't say is where ; Metaphors are jewels ; Lend your commas a hand - or two ; Running on about run-ons ; Touching words ; Use contrast : the long and short of it ; Explore and heighten : magic words from a playwright ; Coming soon to the small screen ; How not to do how-to ; How to do how-to : watch your steps ; Your words come alive with a hint of music -- Up with writing. The importance of re-vising ; What brand R U? ; Who's your Sam? ; Mastering the art of knowing your audience ; Decisions, decisions -- Afterword -- Appendix: Up with human-crafted indexes -- Under the cover -- About the author.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 240 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Publisher:
Northwest Brainstorms Pub.,
Publication Date:
2012
ISBN:
9780985820305
Publication Information:
Portland, OR : Northwest Brainstorms Pub., 2012.
Call Number:
428.1 JOHNSTO
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