Rhetorical Grammar
United States Edition
6th Edition
Published on 12. January 2010
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Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-205-70675-4 (ISBN)
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Rhetorical Grammarencourages writers to recognize and use the grammatical and stylistic choices available to them and to understand the rhetorical effects those choices can have on their readers.
Rhetorical Grammar is a writer's grammar - a text that presents grammar as a rhetorical tool, avoiding the do's and don'ts so long associated with the study of grammar. It reveals to writers the system of grammar that they know subconsciously and encourages them to use that knowledge to understand their choices as writers and the effects of those choices on their readers. Besides providing key strategies for revision, Rhetorical Grammar presents systematic discussions of reader expectation, sentence rhythm and cohesion, subordination and coordination, punctuation, modification, diction, and other principles.
Rhetorical Grammar is a writer's grammar - a text that presents grammar as a rhetorical tool, avoiding the do's and don'ts so long associated with the study of grammar. It reveals to writers the system of grammar that they know subconsciously and encourages them to use that knowledge to understand their choices as writers and the effects of those choices on their readers. Besides providing key strategies for revision, Rhetorical Grammar presents systematic discussions of reader expectation, sentence rhythm and cohesion, subordination and coordination, punctuation, modification, diction, and other principles.
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6th edition
Language
English
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United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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Adult education
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
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Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
The Structure of Sentences Chapter 1
An Introduction to Words and Phrases
Chapter Preview
Form Classes
Nouns
The Noun Phrase
Verbs
The Verb Phrase
NP + VP = S
Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
Grammatical Choices
Key Terms
Chapter 2
Sentence Patterns
Chapter Preview
Rhetorical Effects
The Be Patterns
The Linking Verb Pattern
The Intransitive Pattern
The Basic Transitive Verb Pattern
Transitive Patterns with Two Complements
Sentence Pattern Summary
The Optional Adverbial
Questions and Commands
Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns
Basic Patterns in Prose
The Short Paragraph
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 3
Our Versatile Verbs
Chapter Preview
The Expanded Verb
Using the Expanded Verb
Special Uses of the Present Tense
Other Auxiliaries
The Passive Voice
Using the Passive Voice
The Obscure Agent
Well-Chose Verbs: Showing, Not Telling
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 4
Coordination and Subordination
Chapter Preview
Coordination Within the Sentence
Parallel Structure
Coordination of the Series
Climax
Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions
Subject-Verb Agreement
Compound Sentences
Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases
Compound Sentences with Semicolons
Compound Sentences with Colons
Punctuation Pitfalls
The Compound Sentence: Punctuation Review
Subordination: The Dependent Clauses
Revising Compound Structures
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Part II Controlling the Message
Chapter 5
Cohesion Chapter Preview
Reader Expectation
Repetition
The Known-New Contract
The Role of Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
The Role of the Passive Voice
Other Sentence Inversions
Parallelism
Repetition versus Redundancy
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 6
Sentence Rhythm
Chapter Preview
Intonation: The Peaks and Valleys
End Focus
Controlling Rhythm
The It-Cleft
The What-Cleft
The There Transformation
Rhythm and the Comma
Power Words
Correlative Conjunctions
Adverbials of Emphasis
The Common Only
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 7
The Writer's Voice
Chapter Preview
Tone
Diction
Verbs and Formality
Nominalized Verbs and Abstract Subjects
Contractions
Metaphor
Metadiscourse
The Overuse of Metadiscourse
Point of View
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Part III Making Choices: Form and Function
Chapter 8 Choosing Adverbials
Chapter Preview
The Movable Adverbials
Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
Proliferating Prepositional Phrases
Noun Phrases
Verb Phrases
Dependent Clauses
Punctuation of Adverbial Clauses
Movability of Adverbial Clauses
The Because-Clause Myth
Elliptical Adverbial Clauses
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 9
Choosing Adjectivals
Chapter Preview
The Noun Phrase
Preheadword Modifiers
Determiners
Adjectives and Nouns
Modifier Noun Proliferation
The Movable Adjective Phrase
Postheadword Modifiers
Prepositional Phrases
Adjective Phrases
Participial Phrases
The Prenoun Participle
The Movable Participle
The Dangling Participle
Relative Clauses
The Relatives
The Broad-Reference Clause
Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
A Punctuation Rule Revisited
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 10
Choosing Nominals
Chapter Preview
Appositives
The Colon with Appositives
Avoiding Punctuation Errors
The Sentence Appositive
Nominal Verb Phrases
Gerunds
The Dangling Gerund
The Subject of the Gerund
Infinitives
Nominal Clauses
Nominals as Delayed Subjects
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 11
Other Stylistic Choices Chapter Preview
Absolute Phrases
The Coordinate Series
Repetition
Word-Order Variation
Ellipsis
Antithesis
The Deliberate Fragment
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART IV
Your Way With Words
Chapter 12
Words and Word Classes
Lexical Rules
Parts of Speech
The Form Classes
Nouns
Plural-Only Forms
Collective Nouns
Proper Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Derivational Affixes
The Structure Classes
Determiners
Auxiliaries
Qualifiers
Prepositions
Particles
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
The Missing Pronoun
Case Errors
The Unwanted Apostrophe
The Ambiguous Antecedent
Reflexive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
The Everyone/Their Issue
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART V
Punctuation
Chapter 13
Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects
The Purposes of Punctuation Marks
Syntax
Prosody
Semantics
The Hierarchy of Punctuation
The Rhetorical Effects of Punctuation
Key Terms
Glossary of Punctuation Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Answers to the Exercises
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
The Structure of Sentences Chapter 1
An Introduction to Words and Phrases
Chapter Preview
Form Classes
Nouns
The Noun Phrase
Verbs
The Verb Phrase
NP + VP = S
Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
Grammatical Choices
Key Terms
Chapter 2
Sentence Patterns
Chapter Preview
Rhetorical Effects
The Be Patterns
The Linking Verb Pattern
The Intransitive Pattern
The Basic Transitive Verb Pattern
Transitive Patterns with Two Complements
Sentence Pattern Summary
The Optional Adverbial
Questions and Commands
Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns
Basic Patterns in Prose
The Short Paragraph
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 3
Our Versatile Verbs
Chapter Preview
The Expanded Verb
Using the Expanded Verb
Special Uses of the Present Tense
Other Auxiliaries
The Passive Voice
Using the Passive Voice
The Obscure Agent
Well-Chose Verbs: Showing, Not Telling
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 4
Coordination and Subordination
Chapter Preview
Coordination Within the Sentence
Parallel Structure
Coordination of the Series
Climax
Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions
Subject-Verb Agreement
Compound Sentences
Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases
Compound Sentences with Semicolons
Compound Sentences with Colons
Punctuation Pitfalls
The Compound Sentence: Punctuation Review
Subordination: The Dependent Clauses
Revising Compound Structures
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Part II Controlling the Message
Chapter 5
Cohesion Chapter Preview
Reader Expectation
Repetition
The Known-New Contract
The Role of Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
The Role of the Passive Voice
Other Sentence Inversions
Parallelism
Repetition versus Redundancy
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 6
Sentence Rhythm
Chapter Preview
Intonation: The Peaks and Valleys
End Focus
Controlling Rhythm
The It-Cleft
The What-Cleft
The There Transformation
Rhythm and the Comma
Power Words
Correlative Conjunctions
Adverbials of Emphasis
The Common Only
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 7
The Writer's Voice
Chapter Preview
Tone
Diction
Verbs and Formality
Nominalized Verbs and Abstract Subjects
Contractions
Metaphor
Metadiscourse
The Overuse of Metadiscourse
Point of View
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Part III Making Choices: Form and Function
Chapter 8 Choosing Adverbials
Chapter Preview
The Movable Adverbials
Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
Proliferating Prepositional Phrases
Noun Phrases
Verb Phrases
Dependent Clauses
Punctuation of Adverbial Clauses
Movability of Adverbial Clauses
The Because-Clause Myth
Elliptical Adverbial Clauses
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 9
Choosing Adjectivals
Chapter Preview
The Noun Phrase
Preheadword Modifiers
Determiners
Adjectives and Nouns
Modifier Noun Proliferation
The Movable Adjective Phrase
Postheadword Modifiers
Prepositional Phrases
Adjective Phrases
Participial Phrases
The Prenoun Participle
The Movable Participle
The Dangling Participle
Relative Clauses
The Relatives
The Broad-Reference Clause
Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
A Punctuation Rule Revisited
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 10
Choosing Nominals
Chapter Preview
Appositives
The Colon with Appositives
Avoiding Punctuation Errors
The Sentence Appositive
Nominal Verb Phrases
Gerunds
The Dangling Gerund
The Subject of the Gerund
Infinitives
Nominal Clauses
Nominals as Delayed Subjects
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 11
Other Stylistic Choices Chapter Preview
Absolute Phrases
The Coordinate Series
Repetition
Word-Order Variation
Ellipsis
Antithesis
The Deliberate Fragment
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART IV
Your Way With Words
Chapter 12
Words and Word Classes
Lexical Rules
Parts of Speech
The Form Classes
Nouns
Plural-Only Forms
Collective Nouns
Proper Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Derivational Affixes
The Structure Classes
Determiners
Auxiliaries
Qualifiers
Prepositions
Particles
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
The Missing Pronoun
Case Errors
The Unwanted Apostrophe
The Ambiguous Antecedent
Reflexive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
The Everyone/Their Issue
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART V
Punctuation
Chapter 13
Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects
The Purposes of Punctuation Marks
Syntax
Prosody
Semantics
The Hierarchy of Punctuation
The Rhetorical Effects of Punctuation
Key Terms
Glossary of Punctuation Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Answers to the Exercises
Index