Rhetorical grammar : grammatical choices, rhetorical effects / Martha Kolln, Loretta Gray

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Structure of Sentences -- An Introduction to Words and Phrases -- Sentence Patterns -- Our Versatile Verbs -- Coordination adn Subordination -- Controlling the Message -- Cohesion -- Sentence Rhythm -- The Writer's Voice 123 -- Making Choices: Form and Function -- Choosing Adverbials -- Choosing Adjectivals -- Choosing Nominals -- Other Stylistic Variations -- Your Way with Words -- Words and Word Classes -- Punctuation -- Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects -- Glossary of Punctuation -- Glossary of Terms -- Bibliography -- Answers to the Exercises -- Index