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Athas, Daphne

 
9780595442225: GRAM-O-RAMA: Breaking the Rules
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595442226 ISBN 13 : 9780595442225
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

If John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose hadconspired to write a grammar book, GRAM-O-RAMA would be it.Designed for word-lovers and students in the classroom, this textbook containsdozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactivemethod offers students and teachers a smart and accessible approach by encouragingwriters to experiment with grammatical functions, style, rhythm, and sound. "Beware, GRAM-O-RAMA is a dangerous book. It takes the cautions and rules ofgrammar and drops them into a fun house. I experienced many of these exercises inDaphne's class and still find myself relying on their lessons today. You could makea movie of this book. Or at least a theme park ride!"-Dave Krinsky, executive producer of TV series,King of the Hill and screenwriter for Blades of Glory"Daphne Athas sets words ablaze and puts sentences in flight. Every student andevery teacher, every writer and every editor, could benefit from her visionary eyeand musical ear."-Alane Salierno Mason, senior editor, W. W. Norton & Company,founding editor of www.wordswithoutborders.org"This book is not only charming and amusing, but profound in the way it forces thereader to see our language afresh, as something alive and throbbing withpossibilities. Indispensable reading."-Randall Kenan, associate professor of English, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, author of A Visitation of Spirits"Not your grandma's grammar, these irresistible exercises prod and provoke,delight and inspire. They rattle students (and teachers) out of boredom, apathy,and fear and awaken them to the power and possibilities of language."-Elizabeth Moose, instructor of English,North Carolina School of Science and Math

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Présentation de l'éditeur

If John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose hadconspired to write a grammar book, GRAM-O-RAMA would be it.Designed for word-lovers and students in the classroom, this textbook containsdozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactivemethod offers students and teachers a smart and accessible approach by encouragingwriters to experiment with grammatical functions, style, rhythm, and sound. "Beware, GRAM-O-RAMA is a dangerous book. It takes the cautions and rules ofgrammar and drops them into a fun house. I experienced many of these exercises inDaphne's class and still find myself relying on their lessons today. You could makea movie of this book. Or at least a theme park ride!"-Dave Krinsky, executive producer of TV series,King of the Hill and screenwriter for Blades of Glory"Daphne Athas sets words ablaze and puts sentences in flight. Every student andevery teacher, every writer and every editor, could benefit from her visionary eyeand musical ear."-Alane Salierno Mason, senior editor, W. W. Norton & Company,founding editor of www.wordswithoutborders.org"This book is not only charming and amusing, but profound in the way it forces thereader to see our language afresh, as something alive and throbbing withpossibilities. Indispensable reading."-Randall Kenan, associate professor of English, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, author of A Visitation of Spirits"Not your grandma's grammar, these irresistible exercises prod and provoke,delight and inspire. They rattle students (and teachers) out of boredom, apathy,and fear and awaken them to the power and possibilities of language."-Elizabeth Moose, instructor of English,North Carolina School of Science and Math

Biographie de l'auteur

Daphne Athas has written four novels, including Entering Ephesus, chosen for Time Magazine?s 1971 Ten Best Fiction List. Her nonfiction consists of a travelbook, Greece by Prejudice, a play, and a book of poetry, She teaches writing at the University of North Carolina.Marianne B. Gingher is the author of four books including the novel Bobby Rex?s Greatest Hit and the memoir A Girl?s Life. She is a longtime teacher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she served as director of the Creative Writing Program.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595442226
ISBN 13 
9780595442225
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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