Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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Page 47
... reader should feel when the end has been reached that the thesis has been proved , but only on rare occasions is there any need to tell the reader so . Many a student has the unfortunate habit of simply stop- ping . Either he has ...
... reader should feel when the end has been reached that the thesis has been proved , but only on rare occasions is there any need to tell the reader so . Many a student has the unfortunate habit of simply stop- ping . Either he has ...
Page 52
... reader will more easily recognize the divisions of his thought ; he defines his terms so that the reader will understand exactly what he means by the words he uses ; he employs parentheses so that the reader will know that an ...
... reader will more easily recognize the divisions of his thought ; he defines his terms so that the reader will understand exactly what he means by the words he uses ; he employs parentheses so that the reader will know that an ...
Page 247
... reader that the girl's eyes are blue , her cheeks pink , her lips coral , her skin creamy white , and so on , the writer has told the reader more about her than when he said merely that she was pretty . He has not , how- ever , made the ...
... reader that the girl's eyes are blue , her cheeks pink , her lips coral , her skin creamy white , and so on , the writer has told the reader more about her than when he said merely that she was pretty . He has not , how- ever , made the ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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