The Art of Styling Sentences By K.D. Sullivan, Ann Longknfe, Marie L. Waddell ISBN: 9780764121814 Published: 2001 Number of Pages: 192 Edition: 4th Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Description: Accepted writing style conventions change very slowly, but they do change. That is all the more reason why this favourite reference book for students, writers, and educators requires periodic updating. In this new edition, the authors review the fundamentals of correct sentence structure, then present twenty basic sentence patterns that encompass virtually every effective way of writing simple, compound, and complex sentences. They give advice on ways to vary rhythm and sentence patterns to produce a more interesting writing style. Example sentences as well as brief essays by recognized writers are presented and analyzed. This brand-new edition, updated with many contemporary examples of fine writing style, will inspire both students and seasoned writers to make their own essays sing.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2002018477

International Standard Book Number: 0764121812 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: PE1441
   - Item number: .L57 2002

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 21
   - Classification number: 428.2

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Longknife, Ann.

Title Statement
   - Title: The art of styling sentences :
   - Remainder of title: 20 patterns for success /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: by Ann Longknife, K.D. Sullivan.

Edition Statement: 4th ed.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Hauppauge, N.Y. :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Barron's,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2002.

Physical Description
   - Extent: xviii, 158 p. :
   - Other physical details: ill. ;
   - Dimensions: 23 cm.

General Note: Includes index.: Rev. ed. of: The art of styling sentences / Marie L. Waddell ... [et al.] 3rd ed. c1993.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: English language
   - General subdivision: Rhetoric.
   - General subdivision: Sentences.

Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Sullivan, K. D.
   - Personal name: Waddell, Marie L.
   - Title of a work: Art of styling sentences.