Landon, Brooks. <br/><br/>
Building great sentences :  exploring the writer's craft / 
Brooks Landon. 
 - Chantilly, Va. :  Teaching Co.,  c2008. 
 - 2 v. ;  21 cm. 
 - The great courses. Literature & English language. .
<br/><br/> "Course No. 2368"  "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/>Pt. 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 -- 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. Pt. 2. 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1598034499 (pbk.) 9781598034493 (pbk.) 1598034480 (pt. 1-2 : DVD) 9781598034486 (pt. 1-2 : DVD) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008541876 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Sentences--Study and teaching.<br/>English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DVD PE 1441  / .L33 2008