Spellbinding Sentences by Baig, Barbara -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Epigraph Welcome Section 1: The Mastery Path

Chapter 1: Mastering the Craft

Mastering a Writer’s Skills What You Need to Master Sentence Craft

Chapter 2: Claiming Your Power: Learning Through Practice

What Is Practice?

Chapter 3: The Basic Sentence Craft Practices

Basic Practice #1: Waking Up the Word Mind Basic Practice #2: Keeping a Notebook Basic Practice #3: Reading as a Writer Basic Practice #4: Reflecting on Your Practice Make Practice Part of Your Life

Section 2: The Power of Diction: Choosing Words

Chapter 4: The Word Hoard

The Benefits of Unpacking Your Word Hoard Build Your Word Hoard Training Your Word Mind Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 5: Making Meaning

What Do We Mean by “Meaning”? Time to Reflect

Chapter 6: The Qualities of Words

The Qualities of Words 1: Formal/Informal The Qualities of Words 2: General/Specific The Qualities of Words 3: Abstract/Concrete Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 7: The Language of the Imagination

Images: The Language of the Imagination The Vocabulary of the Senses Balancing Showing and Telling Take Time to Reflect Looking Ahead

Section 3: The Power of Function: What Words Do

Chapter 8: Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech 1: Content Parts of Speech Parts of Speech 2: Structural Words Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 9: Making Phrases

What Is a Phrase? Composing with Phrases The Power of Phrases Take Time to Reflect

Section 4: The Power of Syntax: Ordering Words

Chapter 10: Making Spells: The Magic of Sentences

Kinds of Sentences Sentence Kernels Syntactic Slots Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 11: Elaborating the Basic Sentence

Elaborating the Basic Sentence Patterns Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 12: Extending the Basic Sentence

Extending the Basic Sentence 1: Adding Together Independent Clauses Extending the Basic Sentence 2: Adding Dependent Clauses New Sentence Structures Take Time to Reflect

Section 5: The Power of Composition: Putting it All Together

Chapter 13: Making Sentences Move

A Command of Syntactic Structures Options for Composition Take Time to Reflect

Chapter 14: Writing in Rhythm

The Music of Language Take Time to Reflect

Section 6: Using Your Power

Chapter 15: Power and Responsibility

The Dance of Writing The Journey Towards Mastery Practicing in the Work The Benefits of The Mastery Path From Play to Deliberate Practice Moving On

For Further Reading Acknowledgments