Language Incorporated: Bk. 2

Part 1 Speaking and listening - using the rules: telling the tale; I want the facts; thriller; neighbourhood rules; no new town here!; take three eggs. Part 2 Reading - knowing the rules: making the point; characters and caricatures; "one mile more when his point was made"; shaping the news; how to do it; learning the rules. Part 3 Writing - plans and strategies: generating ideas; organizing ideas; opening lines; the narrative sequence; drafting and redrafting; editing; presentation. Part 4 Speaking and listening - changing the rules: clever dick!; the whole truth; "please sir, I want some more"; non-whites only; you!; an hideous storme; poor Jo. Part 5 Reading - breaking the rules: changing stories; make me a word; I don't know the rules; experimenting with the rules. Part 6 Writing - alternative plans and strategies: alternative forms; in your own words; different voices; poetry rules? - what rules?; the play's the thing; a changing language; my mind's eye.