How to write / Alastair Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Alastair, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

Report writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aiming to demystify the writing process, this book takes the readers through each stage necessary to bring a piece of writing to a decent finish. It also offers many practical considerations, including when and where to write, when to printout and when to edit onscreen.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; 1. Pen and Computer; 2. Material Reading; 3. Beginning; 4. Drafts; 5. Outlines; 6. Paragraphs; 7. Paragraph Types; 8. Arguments; 9. Signposts; 10. Sentences; 11. Word Order; 12. Punctuation; 13. Quotation; 14. Originality; 15. Readers; 16. Words; 17. Metaphors; 18. Performance and Concurrence; 19. Revising; 20. Correctness; 21. Reducing; 22. Research: Hard and Soft; 23. Reference Books; 24. Practicalities; 25. Recapitulation; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04233-0

0-19-160854-8

1-280-76127-X

0-19-153526-5

1-4294-6945-5

OCLC:

609831439