Sense of Structure, The: Writing from the Reader's Perspective

Gopen, George

ISBN 10: 0205296327 / ISBN 13: 9780205296323

Published by Pearson, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sense of Structure, The: Writing from the Reader's Perspective
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205296327
• ISBN 13: 9780205296323
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This composition text provides an insightful guide to writing clearly and effectively.

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.