Style : toward clarity and grace / Joseph M. Williams ; with two chapters coauthored by Gregory Colomb.

Main entry:

Williams, Joseph M.

Title & Author:

Style : toward clarity and grace / Joseph M. Williams ; with two chapters coauthored by Gregory Colomb.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Description:

xvii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
Causes -- Clarity -- Cohesion -- Emphasis -- Coherence I / With Gregory G. Colomb -- Coherence II / With Gregory G. Colomb -- Concision -- Length -- Elegance -- Usage.

Summary:

This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français
Publisher description
Cover image

ISBN:

0226899144 (alk. paper)
9780226899145 (alk. paper)
0226899152 (pbk.)
9780226899152 (pbk.)

Subject:

English language Style.
Communication.
Writing.
Misinformation.
Anglais (Langue) Stylistique.
Écriture.
Information.
Mésinformation.
writing (processes)
communication (function)
communication functions.
Écriture Anglais.
writing.
language.
English language Rhetoric.
English language Business English.
English language Technical English.
Style, Literary.
Anglais (langue) Stylistique.
écriture.
langage.
escritura.
lengua.
English language Composition (Arts)

Form/genre:

guide.
reference.
référence bibliographique.
guía.
referencia.

Added entries:

Colomb, Gregory G.
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 58054
Call No.: ID PE1421 REF; ID:90-B6388
Status: Available

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