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Kolln, Martha
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Rhetorical grammar : : grammatical choices, rhetorical effects /\ Martha Kolln, Loretta Gray
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| Edition Statement
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Seventh edition
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xiv, 290 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780321891143
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: 0321891147
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: 0321846729
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-273) and index
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Structure of Sentences -- ch. 1 A Review of Words and Phrases -- Chapter Preview -- Form Classes -- Nouns and Verbs -- The Noun Phrase -- The Verb Phrase -- NP + VP = S -- Adjectives and Adverbs -- Prepositional Phrases -- Key Terms -- ch. 2 Sentence Patterns -- Chapter Preview -- Rhetorical Effects -- The Be Patterns -- The Linking Verb Pattern -- The Intransitive Verb Pattern -- The Basic Transitive Verb Pattern -- Transitive Patterns with Two Complements -- Sentence Pattern Summary -- The Optional Adverbial -- Questions and Commands -- Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns -- Basic Patterns in Prose -- The Short Paragraph -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminder -- ch. 3 Our Versatile Verbs -- Chapter Preview -- The Expanded Verb -- Using the Expanded Verbs -- Special Uses of the Present Tense -- Other Auxiliaries -- Do-Support -- Modal Auxiliaries -- The Passive Voice -- Forms of the Passive Voice --
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Contents note continued: Using the Passive Voice -- The Obscure Agent -- Well-Chosen Verbs: Showing, Not Telling -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- ch. 4 Coordination and Subordination -- Chapter Preview -- Coordination Within the Sentence -- Parallel Structure -- Coordination of the Series -- Climax -- Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions -- Subject-Verb Agreement -- Compound Sentences -- Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases -- Compound Sentences with Semicolons -- Compound Sentences with Colons -- Punctuation Pitfalls -- The Compound Sentence: Punctuation Review -- Subordination: The Dependent Clauses -- Revising Compound Structures -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- pt. II Controlling the Message -- ch. 5 Cohesion -- Chapter Preview -- Reader Expectation -- Repetition -- The Known-New Contract -- The Role of Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns -- Demonstrative Pronouns -- The Role of the Passive Voice -- Other Sentence Inversions --
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Contents note continued: Parallelism -- Repetition Versus Redundancy -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- ch. 6 Sentence Rhythm -- Chapter Preview -- Your Sense of Rhythm -- End Focus -- Controlling Rhythm -- The It-Cleft -- The What-Cleft -- The There-Transformation -- Rhythm and the Comma -- Power Words -- Correlative Conjunctions -- Adverbials of Emphasis -- The Common Only -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminder -- ch. 7 The Writer's Voice -- Chapter Preview -- Tone -- Diction -- Metaphor -- Verbs and Formality -- Nominalized Verbs and Abstract Subjects -- Contractions -- Metadiscourse -- Point of View -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- pt. III Making Choices: Form and Function -- ch. 8 Choosing Adverbials -- Chapter Preview -- The Movable Adverbials -- Adverbs -- Prepositional Phrases -- The Proliferating Prepositional Phrase -- Noun Phrases -- Verb Phrases -- Dependent Clauses -- Punctuation of Adverbial Clauses --
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Contents note continued: The Movability of Adverbial Clauses -- The Because-Clause Myth -- The Elliptical Adverbial Clause -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- ch. 9 Choosing Adjectivals -- Chapter Preview -- The Noun Phrase -- Preheadword Modifiers -- Determiners -- Adjectives and Nouns -- Modifier Noun Proliferation -- Postheadword Modifiers -- Prepositional Phrases -- Adjective Phrases -- Participial Phrases -- The Prenoun Participle -- The Movable Participial Phrase -- The Dangling Participle -- Relative Clauses -- The Relatives -- The Broad-Reference Clause -- Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses -- A Punctuation Rule Revisited -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- ch. 10 Choosing Nominals -- Chapter Preview -- Appositives -- Colons and Dashes with Appositives -- Avoiding Punctuation Errors -- The Sentence Appositive -- Nominal Verb Phrases -- Gerunds -- The Dangling Gerund -- The Subject of the Gerund -- Infinitives --
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Contents note continued: Nominal Clauses -- Nominals as Delayed Subjects -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- ch. 11 Other Stylistic Variations -- Chapter Preview -- Style -- Absolute Phrases -- The Coordinate Series -- Repetition -- Word-Order Variation -- Ellipsis -- Antithesis -- The Deliberate Fragment -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminder -- Punctuation Reminders -- pt. IV Your Way with Words -- ch. 12 Words and Word Classes -- Chapter Preview -- Your Lexicon -- Parts of Speech -- The Form Classes -- Nouns -- Plural-Only Forms -- Collective Nouns -- Proper Nouns -- Verbs -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Derivational Affixes -- The Structure Classes -- Determiners -- Auxiliaries -- Qualifiers -- Prepositions -- Particles -- Conjunctions -- Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns -- The Missing Pronoun -- Case Errors -- The Unwanted Apostrophe -- The Ambiguous Antecedent -- Reflexive Pronouns -- Intensive Pronouns -- Reciprocal Pronouns -- Demonstrative Pronouns --
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Contents note continued: Indefinite Pronouns -- The Everyone/Their Issue -- Key Terms -- Rhetorical Reminders -- Punctuation Reminders -- pt. V Punctuation -- ch. 13 Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects -- Chapter Preview -- The Purposes of Punctuation Marks -- Syntax -- Prosody -- Semantics -- The Hierarchy of Punctuation -- The Rhetorical Effects of Punctuation -- Key Terms
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| Abstract
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This book encourages writers to recognize and use the grammatical and stylistic choices available to them and to understand the rhetorical effects those choices can have on their readers
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| Subject
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English language-- Rhetoric
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| Subject
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English language-- Grammar
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.042
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| LC Classification
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PE1408.K696 2013
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| Added Entry
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Gray, Loretta S.
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