Building great sentences : exploring the writer's craft / Brooks Landon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: The great courses. Literature & English languagePublication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2008.Description: 2 v. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1598034499 (pbk.)
  • 9781598034493 (pbk.)
  • 1598034480 (pt. 1-2 : DVD)
  • 9781598034486 (pt. 1-2 : DVD)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD PE 1441 .L33 2008
Contents:
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.
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"Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.

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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.

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