Style: Toward Clarity and Grace¶
Williams, J. M. (1990). Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. University of Chicago Press.
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- Figure-Ground
- In writing, one main point per paragraph reads as figure while the supporting material recedes; a paragraph that tries to foreground three claims at once produces the textual equivalent of a crowded, unsegregated field.
This sourceCanonical writing guide whose chapters on cohesion and emphasis support the transfer of figure-ground to prose: one main point per unit reads as figure while supporting material recedes as ground, and foregrounding too many claims at once produces a crowded, unsegregated text.
- In writing, one main point per paragraph reads as figure while the supporting material recedes; a paragraph that tries to foreground three claims at once produces the textual equivalent of a crowded, unsegregated field.
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