| Beyond Outlining: New Approaches to Rhetorical Form Contributor(s): Cain, Betty (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819184152 ISBN-13: 9780819184153 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $93.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 91-27751 |
| Physical Information: 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a unique, long-needed comprehensive study of whole-discourse form going beyond traditional prescriptions. Ancient and contemporary innovations are combined with a new theory and practical application. The author rescues the organization of persuasive/explanatory prose from long neglect and unimaginative traditional formulas. She demonstrates a new theory of form fluency in analyses of student texts and applies it in new 'form heuristics' that go beyond outlining. The main audience for this book will be professors and graduate students in the growing discipline of rhetoric/composition, or any teacher or writer interested in new ideas about organizing discourse. |