Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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Page 73
... importance ; and they say , therefore , that the most important material in the paragraph must come at the beginning and at the end . So far as the end of the paragraph is concerned , there is some truth in the theory ; but so far as ...
... importance ; and they say , therefore , that the most important material in the paragraph must come at the beginning and at the end . So far as the end of the paragraph is concerned , there is some truth in the theory ; but so far as ...
Page 113
... important in gaining emphasis has led many teachers of writing to the belief that the most important word in the sentence must always come last . But it is impossible to weigh the importance of every word in a sentence . Is a noun more ...
... important in gaining emphasis has led many teachers of writing to the belief that the most important word in the sentence must always come last . But it is impossible to weigh the importance of every word in a sentence . Is a noun more ...
Page 264
... important , and it may be equally important in exposition , especially if the exposition is concerned with any kind of mechanism . ) In narrative , however , it is almost impossible for the writer to dissociate himself from his material ...
... important , and it may be equally important in exposition , especially if the exposition is concerned with any kind of mechanism . ) In narrative , however , it is almost impossible for the writer to dissociate himself from his material ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
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acceptable adjective argument asked avoid beautiful become begin called certainly clause clear Colloquial comma completely Conclusion confused consider correct course danced definite dependent describe detail effective emphasis entirely exactly example EXERCISES experience expression faults feel final girl give given hand idea important indicate interest John kind letter living look Major premise marks material means method Minor modify natural necessary never Note noun object offer once outline paragraph person phrase play possible problem PROF punctuation reader reason reference result Right rules seems sentence short simple single sometimes sound speech stand statement story student sure tell theme thing thought tion true usually verb words write written Wrong