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Writing with style / edited by Rebecca Stott and Simon Avery.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Speak-write series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- English language--Style.
- Journalism--Authorship.
- Journalism.
- Report writing.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 136 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
- Summary:
- "This is a practical book designed to be used by writers of all kinds to develop their own writing skills. It shows that advanced writing skills are best learned from studying the prose styles and techniques of already established writers and reveals the many small-scale changes that a writer can make to a text in order to achieve certain effects. Provides general principles for effective prose writing. Focus is highly practical and geared to different styles of everyday writing and examples are drawn from a range of different contexts, cultures and historical periods. For those wishing to improve their writing style.
- Contents:
- 1 Style in writing / Rebecca Stott 5
- What is style? 5
- Fitting style to a purpose 7
- Writing about prose style 9
- Stylistic analysis 13
- Personal styles and house styles 18
- 2 Styles in context / Anna Snaith 24
- Register 25
- Word choice 32
- Discourse worlds 36
- Humour 38
- 3 Writing in clear English / Simon Avery 43
- Clear English in the public sphere 44
- Writing in a clear English style 47
- Legal writing 61
- Clear English in academic work 62
- Clear English in Literature 63
- 4 From draft to draft: refreshing words / Rebecca Stott 67
- Cliche in speech and writing 68
- Overwriting 74
- Refreshing words: drafting 76
- 5 The rhythms of prose / Simon Featherstone 86
- Listening for the voice 86
- Rhythms in writing for the stage 89
- Rhythm for rhythm's sake 91
- Rhythm and comedy 93
- Rhythm, voice and oral cultures 95
- Rhythm and voice in non-literary writing 98
- Rhythm and voice in academic writing 101
- 6 Styles of journalism / Dominic Rowland, Simon Avery 105
- Newspaper layouts 106
- Audience 108
- The language of headlines 109
- Structure and style 111
- Keeping it concise 115
- Slanting and bias in news reporting 116
- Other types of journalism 120.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [130]-131) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0582382424
- OCLC:
- 46670587
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