Structuring Paragraphs : A Guide to Effective Writing /
A. Franklin Parks, James A. Levernier, Ida Masters Hollowell.
- 3rd ed.
- New York : St. Martin's Press, c1991.
- xiii, 247 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
The general-to-specific paragraph; how to begin writing paragraphs; paragraph unity and structure; methods of development - example, cause and effect, and process analysis; three other methods of development - definition, comparison and contrast, and classfication; achieving coherence; from paragraph to essay; revising paragraphs and essays; from explanation to argumentation; a concise guide to editing sentences.
Guiding students through the whole range and use of paragraphs, this book looks at the planning, organization, writing and revising of paragraphs. It features a new chapter on argument and a new concise guide to editing sentences.
0312035063 (pbk.)
English language--Paragraphs. English language--Rhetoric. Report writing.