Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Writing with Style Writing with Style John R. Trimble Writing guidelines and stylistic techniques OL17082134W
Every cliché in the book Every cliché in the book Peggy Rosenthal Presents well-known cliches under the headings: sentiments, situations, sources, and sounds. OL19184715W
The elements of eloquence The elements of eloquence Mark Forsyth From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase--such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To b… OL19989980W
The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics Violeta Sotirova "This Bloomsbury Companion provides an overview of stylistics with a detailed outline of the scope and history of the discipline, as well as its key areas of research. The main research methods and a… OL20595392W
Little Red Writing Book Little Red Writing Book Brandon Royal A guide to writing with exercises and detailed answers that explain common errors in punctuation, style, and grammar. OL21041990W
Writer's Diet Writer's Diet Helen Sword Is your writing flabby or fit? The Writer's Diet will help you energise your writing, boost your verbal fitness levels and strip unnecessary padding from your prose. In contrast to most other writing… OL21715816W
Elements of style Elements of style Phillip Bloch When the biggest stars ask what to wear ... Phillip Bloch is there! OL2730121W
Writing Writing Jean Eggenschwiler When it comes to pinpointing the stuff you really need to know, nobody does it better than CliffsNotes. This fast, effective tutorial helps you master core grammar, usage, and concepts -- from parts … OL2878170W
Madhouse of Language Madhouse of Language Allan Ingram In The Madhouse of Language, the history of writing about madness is seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes toward… OL4081013W
Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Rosen, David In this engaging book David Rosen offers a radically new account of Modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. OL4687895W
Free verse and prose style Free verse and prose style Winifred Crombie Metrical structure and free verse - Stylistic mode and free verse - An approach to the analysis of prose style. OL4891861W
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres Adam Smith This edition of John M. Lothian{u2019}s transcription of an almost com{u00AD}plete set of a student{u2019}s notes on Smith{u2019}s lectures given at the University of Glasgow in 1762{u2013}63 brings … OL76822W
Transforming Texts Transforming Texts Shaun O'toole Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate, and enjoy English.Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in … OL9274816W