Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... thought is complete . Either the thought is carried over from the pre- ceding sentences or the omitted words are so clearly implied that every reader can , and does , supply them without diffi- culty . Just as a sentence that does not ...
... thought is complete . Either the thought is carried over from the pre- ceding sentences or the omitted words are so clearly implied that every reader can , and does , supply them without diffi- culty . Just as a sentence that does not ...
Page 107
... thought . 1. They both gain the same pleasure from dancing and in any other kind of amusement . The change from " from " to " in " suggests a change in thought that does not exist . The phrases are parallel in thought ; therefore they ...
... thought . 1. They both gain the same pleasure from dancing and in any other kind of amusement . The change from " from " to " in " suggests a change in thought that does not exist . The phrases are parallel in thought ; therefore they ...
Page 199
... thought . PERKINS ( dashed ) : Why , why - I thought I was . Isn't what he says- ? PROF . E .: The central thought ? No. I want you to tell me in a sentence what the author takes a couple of hun- dred words to say . PERKINS ( slowly ...
... thought . PERKINS ( dashed ) : Why , why - I thought I was . Isn't what he says- ? PROF . E .: The central thought ? No. I want you to tell me in a sentence what the author takes a couple of hun- dred words to say . PERKINS ( slowly ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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