He was a national endowment for the humanities senior fellow in 197374. The examples of official style get mindnumbingly boring as the book progresses, but that only highlights the startling improvements good revision can yield. Reviewed by c j singh berkeley, california, usa this less expensive version of richard lanhams acclaimed revising prose 5th edition reprints its 4page main text. Richard lanhams revising business prose3 and joseph wil liams style4 are two noteworthy ones. The paramedic method for revising prose adapted from. History of italian renaissance trade version 4th edition northern renaissance art. Find the secret to improve the lifestyle by reading this revising prose 5th edition, by richard a. In revising prose, his witty and blessedly brief book, lanham gifts a fivestar jewel to all expository writers. The excluded 30 pages comprise a brief glossary of grammatical terms and 35. The excluded 30 pages comprise a brief glossary of grammatical terms and 35 exercises for the reader.
Following along as lanham revises example upon example of real world writing is like exercise for your writing muscles. In revising prose, richard lanham, a professor of english at ucla, invented an easy touse method for making your writing clearer and more concise. These packs are completely free for schools, teachers and students. Worksheet for lanhams paramedic method editing exercise. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Department of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies 859 2577002 53 patterson office tower lexington ky 405060027. Please focus on stuff about school, college and education. The souls of black folk dover thrift editions dover publications.
English language, style, report writing, editing, rhetoric. It was published by pearson and has a total of 176 pages in the book. Revising prose by richard lanham pdf, nuance power pdf advanced free download, richard a. Of particular usefulness is williams compelling argument for ignoring or at least.
Two recommended books on brevity and disambiguation. However, you should never bypass the guidelines for reducing ambiguity. Continuum 2003 introduction the domain of style for all our talkiig about how we write prose and we talk about it a lot surprisingly little descriptive analysis goes on. Study revising prose 5th edition discussion and chapter questions and find revising prose 5th edition study guide questions and answers. Pdf download revising prose 5th edition pdf ebook by. Revising prose download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Lanham is the author of numerous books on writing, including style. Revising prose 5th edition 5th edition rent 9780321441690. Richard lanhams paramedic method, described wonderfully in his book, revising prose fifth edition, pearson longman, 2007 inspired the author. Publication date 1992 topics english language, editing publisher boston. After eighteen years alone, defoes character robinson crusoe sees a human footprint on the sand. Revising prose remains wellpaced, engaging, and personal from beginning to end the book all but reads itself to you in lanhams voice.
Research services, and research professor, unm health sciences library and informatics center. Stressing the importance of the single sentence, the paramedic method of revision provides an easily learned method of revision to combat the obscurities of meaning that plague the official style, and demonstrates how to revise this stilted, dense prose into plain english. The title of this book is revising prose 5th edition and it was written by richard a. You do not need any special background or english courses to get started, just a desire to quickly improve your writing and thinking. Pdf a paramedic method drill master to improve student writing. Painting, sculpture, the graphic arts from 50 to 1575. Get revising is keen to help teachers to prepare students for exams. Following along as lanham revises example upon example of real. Thats why we have produced packs of activities and advice that will help with all aspects of revision. There are plenty of books that will teach you to be a better writer, but ive never found one so immediately useful as revising prose by richard a. We dont mind a few irrelevant threads but will delete them after a while.
The fifth edition of richard lanhams revising prose pearson, 2007 is animated by a single purpose. Revising prose by richard lanham, and style by joseph williams. Lanham summary this book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, offers a clear, stepbystep system for creating straightforward, concise, intelligible and readable prose. Features include a unique revision timetable creator, interactive revision cards, games, and a shared resource library created by our members. Lanham revising prose macmillan free download as pdf file. This remarkable little book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, models a clear, stepbystep system for creating straightforward, concise, intelligible and readable prose. Incredibly enough, he has created a very simple method, which, if followed, will turn extremely lousy, wandering sentences into very clear sentences. Faculty center for teaching and learning assessing.
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