Writing Classic Prose

  • Home
    • Honors & Awards
    • Reviews of Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
    • Excerpts from Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
  • How the Course Works
    • The Rationale of the Course
    • Stranger & Stranger
    • Two Paths
    • Results
  • Assignments
    • Presentation versus Description
    • Assumed Stand versus Real Situation
    • The Reading Daybook
    • The Sketchbook
    • A Suite of Writing Assignments
    • Passages for Analysis
  • The Museum
    • Additions To The Permanent Collection of Classic Presentations
    • The Student Gallery of Classic Presentations
    • Related Exhibits & Galleries
    • Affiliate Museums
  • Thinking About Writing
    • The Elements of Style
    • What’s Wrong With College English?
    • Reading for Writing
    • The Curriculum Is Looking At You

Assignments

  • Presentation versus Description
  • Assumed Stand versus Real Situation
  • The Reading Daybook (Gift of Todd Oakley)
  • The Sketchbook (Gift of Todd Oakley)

A Suite of Writing Assignments

  • Introduction
  • Presenting a Place, Presenting a Self
  • The Vita
  • The Admissions Essay
  • The Art of the Classic List

Passages for Analysis

  • Contrast: Dillard & Gore (Gift of Michael Schoop)
  • Contrast: Tanizaki & Pater
  • More Passages For Analysis
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  • Assignments

    • Table of Contents

      • Home
        • Honors & Awards
        • Reviews of Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
        • Excerpts from Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
      • How the Course Works
        • The Rationale of the Course
        • Stranger & Stranger
        • Two Paths
        • Results
      • Assignments
        • Presentation versus Description
        • Assumed Stand versus Real Situation
        • The Reading Daybook
        • The Sketchbook
        • A Suite of Writing Assignments
        • Passages for Analysis
      • The Museum
        • Additions To The Permanent Collection of Classic Presentations
        • The Student Gallery of Classic Presentations
        • Related Exhibits & Galleries
        • Affiliate Museums
      • Thinking About Writing
        • The Elements of Style
        • What’s Wrong With College English?
        • Reading for Writing
        • The Curriculum Is Looking At You

Download

  • An Excerpt from Chapter One:
    “Principles of Classic Style”

Links

  • Home Page: Francis-Noël Thomas
  • Home Page: Mark Turner
  • The Reference Room

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