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Patterns of exposition / [edited by] Robert A. Schwegler.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Longman, c2001.Edition: 16th editionDescription: xxix, 706 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 0321072421
Uniform titles:
  • Decker's patterns of exposition 15.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.0427 23 PAT
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CONTENTS

Reading as a writer
Ways of writing
Illustrating ideas by use of example
Analysing a subject by classification
Explaining by means of comparison and contrast
Using analogy as an expository device
Explaining through process analysis
Analysing cause and effect relationships
Using definition to help explain
Explaining with the help of description
Using narration as an expository technique
Reasoning by use of induction and deduction
Using patterns for argument
Further Reading: Combining patterns

Includes bibliographical references and index p. 697-706

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