Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 12th edition

Published by Pearson (January 4, 2016) © 2017

  • Joseph M. Williams University of Chicago
  • Joseph Bizup University of Chicago
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Title overview

For courses in English and Writing

Emphasises the importance of style in writing for a global audience

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace asserts that style is a matter of making informed choices in the service of one's readers. While writers know best what they want to say, readers ultimately decide if they've said it well. This long-established and highly respected text builds on that premise, with up-to-date advice on gender-neutral writing and writing for global audiences. It brings the authors' innovative approach to the needs of today's students, while maintaining that writing with style is a civic and ethical virtue.

Table of contents

  • I.  STYLE AS CHOICE
  • 1. Understanding Style
  • 2. Correctness
  • II. CLARITY
  • 3. Actions
  • 4. Characters
  • 5. Cohesion and Coherence
  • 6. Emphasis
  • III. CLARITY OF FORM
  • 7. Motivation
  • 8. Global Coherence
  • IV. GRACE
  • 9. Concision
  • 10. Shape
  • 11. Elegance
  • V. ETHICS
  • 12. The Ethics of Style
  • Appendix I: Punctuation
  • Appendix II: Using Sources
  • Glossary
  • Suggested Answers
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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