Drawing on examples from masters of long, elegant sentences, this science-oriented approach to writing, based on one of the Teaching Company's best-selling courses, shares basic writing strategies and encourages students to embrace the sheer joy of language.

"A PLUME BOOK." Includes index.

A Sequence of Words -- Grammar and Rhetoric -- The Primacy of Propositions -- How Sentences Grow -- The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax -- Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Cumulative Patterns -- Cumulative Tweaks and Tighten-Ups -- Prompts of Comparison and Speculation -- The Riddle of Prose Rhythm -- Suspensive Syntax: The Rhythm of Delay -- Degrees of Suspensiveness, Significance of Surprise -- Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms -- The Rhythm of Threes -- Long Sentences and Master Sentences -- Sentences as Keys to the Gift of Style.