Rhetorical grammar : grammatical choices, rhetorical effects /

Kolln, Martha.

Rhetorical grammar : grammatical choices, rhetorical effects / Martha Kolln, Loretta Gray. - 6th ed. - Boston : Longman, - xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Structure of Sentences -- An Introduction to Words and Phrases -- Sentence Patterns -- Our Versatile Verbs -- Coordination adn Subordination -- Controlling the Message -- Cohesion -- Sentence Rhythm -- The Writer's Voice 123 -- Making Choices: Form and Function -- Choosing Adverbials -- Choosing Adjectivals -- Choosing Nominals -- Other Stylistic Variations -- Your Way with Words -- Words and Word Classes -- Punctuation -- Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects -- Glossary of Punctuation -- Glossary of Terms -- Bibliography -- Answers to the Exercises -- Index

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English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Grammar.
language.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Rhetoric.

PE1408 / .K696 2010

808/.042