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Sunday, January 09, 2005
Style: Chapters 5-7
The tables in the "Here's the Point" summaries confuse me; may we discuss them in class tomorrow? Otherwise, I think Williams makes his ideas clear and thus helpful.
I get the impression that Williams stresses more the importance of following the rules of structure of sentences and paragraphs, rather than following the rules of grammar. It is helpful that these chapters give specific ways to strengthen arguments through more structured writing.
I really liked when Williams wrote "Like the word clarity, however, the words choppy and disorganized refer not to what is on the page, but to how what is on the page makes us feel" on page 55. It seemed like a good definition as to what clarity actually is and how to recognize it in writing.
I feel like there is almost too much information in this book because there are a lot of great writing techniques, but I doubt that I'll be able to remember them off hand, and I probably won't be checking it every time I write a paper.
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I get the impression that Williams stresses more the importance of following the rules of structure of sentences and paragraphs, rather than following the rules of grammar. It is helpful that these chapters give specific ways to strengthen arguments through more structured writing.
- Ed Gadient
I really liked when Williams wrote "Like the word clarity, however, the words choppy and disorganized refer not to what is on the page, but to how what is on the page makes us feel" on page 55. It seemed like a good definition as to what clarity actually is and how to recognize it in writing.
I feel like there is almost too much information in this book because there are a lot of great writing techniques, but I doubt that I'll be able to remember them off hand, and I probably won't be checking it every time I write a paper.
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