Qualities of Good Prose
- ISBN-10
- 0321091167
- ISBN-13
- 9780321091161
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-07
- Publisher
- Longman Publishing Group
- Author
- Teresa Thonney
Description
Qualities of Good Prose provides students with practical, applicable advice for becoming better writers and the keys to writing with clarity, precision, and style. Other books on the market give instructors all they could ever want, along with much they will never use at a high price for students. Compact, direct and packed with practical advice, The Qualities of Good Prose does what a college composition textbook should do: teach students how to write better.
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