ThomasS.KaneIfyoupurchasedthisbookwithoutacover,youshouldbeawarethatthisbookisstolenproperty.Itwasreportedas"unsoldanddestroyed"tothepublisher,andneithertheauthornorthepublisherhasreceivedanypaymentsforthis"strippedbook."AcknowledgmentsThisbookisbasedonTheOxfordGuidetoWriting:ARhet-oricandHandbookforCollegeStudents,andthanksaredueoncemoretothosewhocontributedtothatbook:myfriendandcolleagueLeonardJ.Peters;ProfessorsMiriamBakerofDowlingCollege,DavidHamiltonoftheUniversityofIowa,RobertLyonsandSandraSchorofQueensCollegeoftheCityUniversityofNewYork,andJosephTrimmerofBallStateUniversity,allofwhomreadthemanuscriptandcon-tributedperceptivecomments;Ms.CherylKupper,whocopyeditedthattextwithgreatthoroughnessandcare;andJohnW.Wright,myeditorattheOxfordUniversityPress.ForthepresenteditionIamagaingratefultoProfessorLeonardJ.PetersandtoJohnW.Wright.InadditionIwishtothankWilliamP.SislerandJoanBossert,myeditorsatOxfordUniversityPress,whoencouraged,criticized,andim-proved,asgoodeditorsdo.KitteryPoint,MaineT.S.K.December1987ContentsIntroduction31.Subject,Reader,andKindsofWriting52.StrategyandStyle93.Grammar,Usage,andMechanics13PART1TheWritingProcess4.LookingforSubjects195.ExploringforTopics236.MakingaPlan297.DraftsandRevisions3417PARTII.8.9.10.11.TheEssay43Beginning45Closing60OrganizingtheMiddlePointofView,Persona,67andTone74PART3TheExpositoryParagraph8712.BasicStructure8913.ParagraphUnity9514.ParagraphDevelopment:(1)IllustrationandRestatement1068CONTENTS15.ParagraphDevelopment:(2)Comparison,Contrast,andAnalogy11416.ParagraphDevelopment:(3)CauseandEffect12517.ParagraphDevelopment:(4)Definition,Analysis,andQualification132PART4.TheSentence14918.TheSentence:ADefinition15119.SentenceStyles16120.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(1)Concision19121.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(2)Emphasis20022.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(3)Rhythm22323.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(4)Variety234PARTv.Diction24124.Meaning24325.ClarityandSimplicity26226.Concision28127.FigurativeLanguage29528.UnusualWordsandCollocations32529.Improvi...
