The Teaching Company: Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft DVD course number 2368
This is course number 2368 from The Teaching Company which contains 4 DVDs and comes with the course guide book.Great writing begins-and ends-with the sentence.Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight.Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your appreciation of great writing and potentially improving your own. * Why do some lengthy sentences flow effortlessly while others stumble along? * Why are you captivated by the writing of particular authors but not others? * How can you craft sentences that reflect your own unique outlook on the world?Get the answers to these and other questions about writing and style in Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft, a lively 24-lecture course taught by Professor Brooks Landon from the University of Iowa-one of the nation's top writing schools. You explore the myriad ways in which we think about, talk about, and write sentences. You also learn how you can apply these methods to your own writing. Course Lecture Titles1.	A Sequence of Words2.	Grammar and Rhetoric3.	Propositions and Meaning4.	How Sentences Grow5.	Adjectival Steps6.	The Rhythm of Cumulative Syntax7.	Direction of Modification8.	Coordinate, Subordinate, and Mixed Patterns9.	Coordinate Cumulative Sentences10.	Subordinate and Mixed Cumulatives11.	Prompts of Comparison12.	Prompts of Explanation13.	The Riddle of Prose Rhythm14.	Cumulative Syntax to Create Suspense15.	Degrees of Suspensiveness16.	The Mechanics of Delay17.	Prefab Patterns for Suspense18.	Balanced Sentences and Balanced Forms19.	The Rhythm of Twos20.	The Rhythm of Threes21.	Balanced Series and Serial Balances22.	Master Sentences23.	Sentences in Sequence24.	Sentences and Prose Style