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050	0	0	_aPE1408 _bT456c 1994
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100	1		_aThomas, Francis-Noël, _d1943- _94013
245	1	0	_aClear and simple as the truth : _bwriting classic prose / _cFrancis-Noël Thomas & Mark Turner.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc1994.
300			_a225 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.
520			_aFor more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal. This general style of presentation is at home everywhere, from business memos to personal letters and from magazine articles to student essays. Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart. At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness, the essential rules, wouldn't good prose simply fall into place? Thomas and Turner say no. Attending to rules of grammar, sense, and sentence structure will no more lead to effective prose than knowing the mechanics of a golf swing will lead to a hole-in-one. Furthermore, ten-step programs to better writing exacerbate the problem by failing to recognize, as Thomas and Turner point out, that there are many styles with different standards. The book is divided into four parts. The first, "Principles of Classic Style," defines the style and contrasts it with a number of others. "The Museum" is a guided tour through examples of writing, both exquisite and execrable. "The Studio," new to this edition, presents a series of structured exercises. Finally, "Further Readings in Classic Prose" offers a list of additional examples drawn from a range of times, places, and subjects. A companion website, classicprose.com, offers supplementary examples.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xStyle.
650		0	_aReport writing.
700	1		_aTurner, Mark, _d1954- _94014
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/94011752.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/94011752.html
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