DVD

Building great sentences : exploring the writer's craft / Brooks Landon.

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ISBN: 1598034480
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (132 pages ; 19 cm)
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., 2008.

General Note:	"Course No. 2368"
Formatted Contents Note:	Pt. 1. Lecture 1. A sequence of words -- Lecture 2. Grammar and rhetoric -- Lecture 3. Propositions and meaning -- Lecture 4. How sentences grow -- Lecture 5. Adjectival steps -- Lecture 6. The rhythm of cumulative syntax -- Lecture 7. Direction of modification -- Lecture 8. Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns -- Lecture 9. Coordinate cumulative sentences -- Lecture 10. Subordinate and mixed cumulatives -- Lecture 11. Prompts of comparison -- Lecture 12. Prompts of explanation. Pt. 2. Lecture 13. The riddle of prose rhythm -- Lecture 14. Cumulative syntax to create suspense -- Lecture 15. Degrees of suspensiveness -- Lecture 16. The mechanics of delay -- Lecture 17. Prefab patterns for suspense -- Lecture 18. Balanced sentences and balanced forms -- Lecture 19. The rhythm of twos -- Lecture 20. The rhythm of threes -- Lecture 21. Balanced series and serial balances -- Lecture 22. Master sentences -- Lecture 23. Sentences in sequence -- Lecture 24. Sentences and prose style.
Participant or Performer Note:	Taught by Prof. Brooks Landon, University of Iowa.
System Details Note:	DVD.