文档介绍：Thomas S. Kane
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"stripped book."
Acknowledgments
This book is based on The Oxford Guide to Writing: A Rhet-
oric and Handbook for College Students, and thanks are due
once more to those who contributed to that book: my friend
and colleague Leonard J. Peters; Professors Miriam Baker of
Dowling College, David Hamilton of the University of Iowa,
Robert Lyons and Sandra Schor of Queens College of the
City University of New York, and Joseph Trimmer of Ball
State University, all of whom read the manuscript and con-
tributed ments; Ms. Cheryl Kupper, who
copyedited that text with great thoroughness and care; and
John W. Wright, my editor at the Oxford University Press.
For the present edition I am again grateful to Professor
Leonard J. Peters and to John W. Wright. In addition I wish
to thank William P. Sisler and Joan Bossert, my editors at
Oxford University Press, who encouraged, criticized, and im-
proved, as good editors do.
Kittery Point, Maine .
December 1987
Contents
Introduction 3
1. Subject, Reader, and Kinds of Writing 5
2. Strategy and Style 9
3. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics 13
PART 1 The Writing Process 17
4. Looking for Subjects 19
5. Exploring for Topics 23
6. Making a Plan 29
7. Drafts and Revisions 34
PART II. The Essay 43
8. Beginning 45
9. Closing 60
10. Organizing the Middle 67
11. Point of View, Persona, and Tone 74
PART 3 The Expository Paragraph 87
12. Basic Structure 89
13. Paragraph Unity 95
14. Paragraph Development: (1) Illustration and
Restatement 106
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15. Paragraph Development: (2) Comparison, Contrast,
and Analogy 114
16. Paragraph Development: (3) Cause and Effect 125
17. Paragraph Development: (4) Definition, Analysis,
and Q