Grammar Moves Shaping Who You Are

Name: Grammar Moves Shaping Who You Are
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ISBN: 9780205742011

ISBN-10: 0205742017

ISBN-13: 9780205742011

Edition: 2011

Authors: Lawrence Weinstein, Thomas Finn

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Trade-like Grammar Bookhelps students understand how the grammatical moves they make reveal their personality traits and present their persona to their readers.The text's rhetorical approach emphasizes the transformative power that grammar choices can have on a writer and helps students develop the personality the wish to portray in their writing. Writers can use the imperative mood to suggest control, colons to be assertive, parenthesis to keep the conversation real, and even commas to present an organized persona. By showing students how seemingly small choices can help them manage the impression they make on readers, Trade-like Grammar Book helps students become more deliberate…

Book details

List price: $41.65
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.40" wide x 7.40" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Lawrence Weinstein is University Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University. He is the coauthor of "Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin" (Princeton).



Preface


Introduction



You, the Doer



Grammar for Being Assertive: The Colon


A Few Basics


Colons... and who you want to be


Having Your Turn


Try This



Grammar for Being Proactive: Active Voice


A Few Basics


Active Voice... and who you want to be


Living Pro-actively


Writing and Speaking Pro-actively


...Even in the Third Person


Try This



Grammar for Being Practical: Prepositions


A Few Basics


Prepositions... and who you want to be


Prepositions We Owe to Other People


Those We Owe Ourselves


Try This



Grammar for Being In Charge: The Imperative


A Few Basics


Imperatives...and who you want to be


Emergencies


Building Up to It


Gentle Imperatives


Try This



Grammar for Being Organized: Commas


A Few Basics


Commas... and who you want to be


Beyond Doing It By Feeling


Try This



Grammar for Being Optimistic: ï¿½Butï¿½


You, the Friend


Grammar for Being Empathetic: Modifiers