Style : toward clarity and grace /
Williams, Joseph M,
Style : toward clarity and grace / Joseph M. Williams. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, (c)1990. - xvii, 208 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Causes -- Clarity -- Cohesion -- Emphasis -- Coherence I Coherence II Concision -- Length -- Elegance -- Usage. With Gregory G. Colomb -- With Gregory G. Colomb --
This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.
90034828
English language--Style.
PE1421 / .S795 1990 PE1421
Style : toward clarity and grace / Joseph M. Williams. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, (c)1990. - xvii, 208 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Causes -- Clarity -- Cohesion -- Emphasis -- Coherence I Coherence II Concision -- Length -- Elegance -- Usage. With Gregory G. Colomb -- With Gregory G. Colomb --
This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.
90034828
English language--Style.
PE1421 / .S795 1990 PE1421