Art of Styling Sentences

by Ann Longknife and K.D. Sullivan

Book Overview

Accepted writing style conventions change very slowly, but they do change. That is all the more reason why this favorite reference book for students, writers, and educators requires periodic updating.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764121812
• ISBN13: 9780764121814
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Powerful Teaching for Sentence Fluency

This book is a quick and easy guide for teaching sophisticated sentences starting in upper middle school. A must have for any writing teacher.

Great tips on styling sentences.

A great book on sentence variety. Examples of stunning sentences. Not a book to be overlooked. A must-have for any aspiring writer or student. This book is the one I most consult on sentence variety. From much use, mine has gone dog-eared and well-thumbed. If you love this book, then you will really love the other books, those of the below: The first three MUST-SEE books by by Don Killgallon. 1. "Sentence Composing for High School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity." 2. "Sentence Composing for College: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity" 3. "Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach" All these first three books above are the must-haves for all aspiring writers and students. They all teach sentence variety and has examples of stunning sentences. Also, get this book below. 4. "Sentence Combining: A Composing Book" by William Strong. A lovely, charming book with lively examples of sentences. Great exercises for brainstorming - sentence-composing helps combat any Writer's Block as it did for me. I often bring this lightweight book with me into cafes. Great readings with my teas and lattes.

Overflows with useful sentence ideas

"Thought is the blossom; language, the bud; action, the fruit." (Emerson) Having taken no previous thought to sentence style, I was thrilled with the lessons in this book; my writing has greatly improved. Consider the book's example of sentence pattern number eight: "Because it may seem difficult at first, because it may sound awkward or forced, because it often creates lengthy sentences where the thought 'gets lost,' this pattern seems forbidding to some writers, but it isn't all that hard; try it." I've since used that pattern in my own nonfiction book.

Theory meets practice.

Chapter one covers sentence parts briefly and is useful for anyone who needs a brief grammar refresher. Then the authors explore twenty sentence patterns, including several variations. What I liked most in this book is that after each pattern you will find explanations, examples (including professional samples) and exercises. Pattern layout is simple but effective and will allow you to write almost any sentence in English. All you need to do is to apply these styling patterns to your own sentences.

Excellent concise English power tools

I hate other verbose grammar and style books. This one is well written with high skim value. Excellent examples and examples from famous sources. These tools will add value to all of your writing. There are blank spaces for exercises which I highly recommend that you complete.