Building great sentences exploring the writer's craft
Record details
- ISBN: 9781598034486
- ISBN: 1598034480
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Physical Description:
videorecording (DVD)
videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
4 videodiscs (720 minutes) : 5.1 Dolby digital sound, color ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 132 p. ; 19 cm.). - Producer: Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, 2008.
- Copyright: ©2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. Course no. 2368. "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. A sequence of words -- Grammar and rhetoric -- Propositions and meaning -- How sentences grow -- Adjectival steps -- The rhythm of cumulative syntax -- Disc 2. Direction of modification -- Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns -- Coordinate cumulative sentences -- Subordinate and mixed cumulatives -- Prompts of comparison -- Prompts of explanation -- Disc 3. The riddle of prose rhythm -- Cumulative syntax to create suspense -- Degrees of suspensiveness -- The mechanics of delay -- Prefab patterns for suspense -- Balanced sentences and balanced forms -- Disc 4. The rhythm of twos -- The rhythm of threes -- Balanced series and serial balances -- Master sentences -- Sentences in sequence -- Sentences and prose style. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | The Teaching Company ; producer, Jaimé M. Algret, Matt Costanza, Dan Shine ; editor, Dan Shine ; camera operators, Jon Leven, Tom Dooley, Jim Allen (et. al.) ; academic content supervisor, Kia Penso. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer, Professor Brooks Landon, The University of Iowa. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Home use only. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Prince Rupert Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 808.03 Buil GC073 (Text) | 33294002107589 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 808.03 Buil GC073 (Text) | 33294002107597 | DVDs | Available | - |