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The sense of structure : writing from the reader's perspective. / George D Gopen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | : 313/ 103A, H. No.- 15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.Publication details: New York : Pearson Longman , 2004.Description: xv, 240p. : 24cmISBN:
  • 9780205296323
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042 GOP
Summary: Reflecting on the author's decades of experience as an international writing consultant, writer, and instructor, The Sense of Structure teaches writing from the perspective of readers. This text demonstrates that readers have relatively fixed expectations of where certain words or grammatical constructions will appear in a unit of discourse. By bringing these intuitive reading processes to conscious thought, this text provides students with tools for understanding how readers interact with the structure of writing, from punctuation marks to sentences to paragraphs, and how meaning and purpose are communicated through structure.
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Reflecting on the author's decades of experience as an international writing consultant, writer, and instructor, The Sense of Structure teaches writing from the perspective of readers. This text demonstrates that readers have relatively fixed expectations of where certain words or grammatical constructions will appear in a unit of discourse. By bringing these intuitive reading processes to conscious thought, this text provides students with tools for understanding how readers interact with the structure of writing, from punctuation marks to sentences to paragraphs, and how meaning and purpose are communicated through structure.

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