Preparatory Reading for Writing [First Edition]
Published by Houghton - Mifflin Publishing, Boston, 1956
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.The BiblioFile
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Rare first and only issue of this classic work of standard writing style and usage from Arthur Trace Jr., a noted education advocate and promoter of phonetics or phonics in teaching English. Red pictorial wraps moderate shelf, corner, edge wear. Pages very good; vintage signature inside cover. Bind good, square. Easy fundamentals of writing made clear with example articles, essays, pieces on varied topics with analysis; question and answer sections follow each example of fine authorship. Rare near very good classic work of wirting instruction from noted author Arthur Trace, Jr. Contents: "Preface by Arthur S. Trace, Jr. and Thomas J. Phillips; PART ONE - SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES WITH READINGS AND EXERCISES: UNIT 1. 'WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR? by Elisabeth Ann Hudnut - Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling (Exercise !A). Using the Dictionary (Exercise 1B); UNIT 2. 'THE UNITED STATES' by E. M. Forster - Vocabulary and Spelling (Exercise 2B) - The Whole Them - Organization (Exercise 2C); UNIT 3. 'THE DECLINE OF SPORT by E. B. White - Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling (Exercise 3A) - The Paragraph (Exercise 3B); UNIT 4. AUTOINTOXICATION by Bergen Evans - The Sentence and the Sentence Fragment (Exercise 4B); 'THE CITY VERSUS THE COUNTRY' by Joseph Wood Krutch - The Run-On Sentence (Ex. 5B); UNIT 6. 'FEMALE DRIVERS; LESS DEADLY THAN THE MALE' by Anthony Tramonda - Spelling (Ex. 6B & C); UNIT 7. 'THE AUDIENCE IS EVERYBODY' by Flora Rheta Schreiber - Agreement (Ex. 7B); UNIT 8. 'MANNERS MAKETH MAN' by Struthers Burt - The Comma: Co-ordinate Uses (Ex. 8B); UNIT 9. 'WHAT I WANT' by Lin Yutang - The Comma: Subordinate Uses (Ex. 9B); UNIT 10. 'HOW TO STAY IN COLLEGE' by Robert L. Jameson - Semicolon, Colon, Apostrophe, and Dash (Ex. 10B); UNIT 11. 'FRENCHMAN ARE DIFFERENT' by Joseph A. Barry - Modifiers (Ex. 11B); UNIT 12. 'JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND ITS CURE' by Billy Graham - Co-ordination (Ex. 12B); UNIT 13. 'THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN BASEMENT' by Norman Cousins - Subordination (Ex. 13B); UNIT 14. 'THE HUNGRY WORLD' by John Mayer - Transition (Ex. 14B). PART TWO - A Second Try with Additional Readings and Exercises: UNIT 15. 'ON FOOTBALL' by Barry Coughlin - Organization and Paragraphing (Ex. 15B); UNIT 16. 'THEME WRITING' by Dorothy Canfield Fisher - The Sentence and Fragment (Ex. 16B), The Run-on Sentence (Ex. 16C); UNIT 17. 'THE SUBSTANCE OF TERANNY' by James L. Busey - Agreement (Ex. 17B); UNIT 18. 'TV: A MIXED BLESSING' by Ruth A. Inglis - The Comman: Uses (Ex. 18B); UNIT 19. 'THE MATTER OF BEING INTERESTIN' by Louis Kronenberger - Semicolon. (Ex. 19B); UNIT 20. 'I NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE' by Calvin Kinney - Modifiers (Ex. 20B); UNIT 21. 'JOE LOUIS' by Alistair Cooke - Co-ordination and Subordination (Ex. 21B); UNIT 22. 'WHY THEY ARE MARRYING YOUNGER' by Sidonie M. Gruenberg - Transition (Exercise 22B)." Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. 244 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Preparatory Reading for Writing [First Edition]
- Author
- Trace, Jr., Arthur S.; Phillips, Thomas J.
- Publisher
- Houghton - Mifflin Publishing, Boston
- Publication year
- 1956
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Edition
- First American Edition.
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