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The Art of Connection: The Social Life of Sentences Kindle Edition

by Ian McCormick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
This new guide to the art of transition in the English language helps you to deploy a wide range of connective words in order to improve the flow of your ideas. Designed for use in school or university, this book provides an indispensable compendium of essential words and phrases. The Art of Connection begins by exploring the social life of sentences. McCormick then outlines the ways that connection and disconnection create thought-pathways in the process of composition. The educational psychology behind connection is also analysed. Each chapter deals with the nine arts of connection: Location, Timing, Comparison, Contrast and Difference, the Supplement, Disputation, Sequence, Example and Illustration, and the Summary. Hundreds of practical examples of usage, drawn from the humanities and the sciences, from religion and the social sciences, from law, business and medicine are used illustrate each of the key topics. This book will be essential reading for students of EFL/ESOL/IELTS, for school or university students, and for creative or non-fiction writers working with the English language. The Art of Connection: the Social Life of Sentences is your invaluable guide to more effective communication in written or spoken English. Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Social Sentence 1.2 The Use of Connection 1.3 Understanding the Psychology of Transition 1.4 Style, Oratory, Elegance 1.5 The Flow of Spontaneity and Passion 1.6 Power, Rhetoric and Repetition 1.7 The Philosophy of Association 1.8 Beyond the Logic of Connection 1.9 Écriture féminine 1.10 Openings: the Genesis of this Book 2. The Art of Location 3. The Art of Timing 4. The Art of Comparison 5. The Art of Contrast and Difference 6. The Art of the Supplement 7. The Art of Disputation 8. The Art of the Sequence 9. The Art of Example and Illustration 10. The Art of the Summary Further Reading
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    November 18, 2013
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Dr Ian McCormick served as a Professor at the University of Northampton. He holds an M.A. in English Language and Literature (University of St Andrews) and a Ph.D. (The University of Leeds) Ian's published work has been featured on BBC Radio and TV; in the Times Literary Supplement, The Observer, The Guardian, TimeOut (London), and in several academic journals. Awards and Prizes include the King James VI Prize (1989); the Lawson Memorial Prize (1985); British Academy Studentship (1990-93). Ian has also published and edited books on Gothic literature and Romanticism; sexuality and gender studies; modern and contemporary literature; teaching and learning strategies; drama education; and literary, critical and cultural theory.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GS5TYQ2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quibble Academic (November 18, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.0 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
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Ian McCormick teaches English Language and Literature and was a Professor at the University of Northampton.

I've published, edited, and contributed to fifteen books on topics ranging from gothic literature to romanticism; John Dryden to T.S. Eliot; sexuality and gender studies; modern literature; the contemporary Scottish novel; teaching and learning strategies; drama education; and literary, critical, and cultural theory. Education: University of St Andrews (M.A.); University of Leeds (Ph.D). My Ph.D. was on the grotesque and the monstrous in eighteenth-century English literature.

My academic work has been supported by various Awards and Prizes: King James VI Prize (1989); Lawson Memorial Prize (1985); British Academy Studentship (1990-93). My work has been reviewed and featured on the BBC (Radio and TV); Times Literary Supplement, The Observer, The Guardian, TimeOut (London), and academic journals.

I'm currently finishing a book on Archaic English and working on the second volume of the satirical novel: Class and Cloister: the St Andrews Correspondence.

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    This is an informative and scholarly work, which will surely be of great benefit to writers across a broad spectrum of literary, technical and scientific disciplines.
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