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... piece attempts , when he looks at details in it , he will be unable to figure out how such details are relevant or irrelevant . How does a reader get a general picture of a piece of writing ? Well , some aids to such a discovery will be ...
... piece attempts , when he looks at details in it , he will be unable to figure out how such details are relevant or irrelevant . How does a reader get a general picture of a piece of writing ? Well , some aids to such a discovery will be ...
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... piece of reasoning such as Huxley's " Natural Knowledge and Men's Ideas " ( pages 54-63 ) . By one of these means or another , the reader may eventually achieve the goal of his preliminary survey - the tentative formulation of the gen ...
... piece of reasoning such as Huxley's " Natural Knowledge and Men's Ideas " ( pages 54-63 ) . By one of these means or another , the reader may eventually achieve the goal of his preliminary survey - the tentative formulation of the gen ...
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... piece is of secondary importance . " These three varying judgments express notably different opinions about how good - or how bad - this particular piece of writing is . They vary as they do because each is based upon a different kind ...
... piece is of secondary importance . " These three varying judgments express notably different opinions about how good - or how bad - this particular piece of writing is . They vary as they do because each is based upon a different kind ...
Contents
SPACE ARRANGEMENT The Battlefield of Waterloo | 7 |
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST True and False Humor | 13 |
ANALOGY The Stagecoach from Looking Backward Edward Bellamy | 19 |
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