UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

FALL 2006 SEMESTER

Style

Professor Eldred

HW assignments posted within 24 hours after each class.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Week 0

AUGUST

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Classes Begin

^{24 Intro}

^HW^{: read syllabus}

^{Powerpoint\wk0.pps}

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Week 1

^{29 intro/diction}

^HW^:Read Style, Lesson 1

Read Prose Style, Intro & Ch. 1

Read “Some Nonsense About a Dog” by Harry Esty Dounce

http://www.bartleby.com/237/32.html

^{Powerpoint\wk1a.ppt}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER
IS?}

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^{31 intro/diction}

^HW^:

^{Read “Palindrome” by
Kelle Groom}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev21/groom_palin.htm}

^{Read Prose Style, 2, 3, 4,
15. Practice exercises to prepare for
quiz.}

^{Powerpoint\wk1b.ppt}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

SEPTEMBER

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Week 2

Labor Day-
No Classes

FAST!

^{5 diction}

^HW^:

^{Rreview
“Googleland” by Emily Franklin}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev18/franklin_google.htm}

^{Read Prose Style, Chapters 5,
6, & 7. Practice exercises to
prepare for quiz.}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

^{Powerpoint\wk2a.ppt}

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^{7 NO CLASS—ELDRED OUT OF TOWN}

(Several chapters for quick review of basics. . . )

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Week 3

SLOW!

^{12 syntax}

^HW^:

^{Read “Googleland” by
Emily Franklin}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev18/franklin_google.htm}

^PS^{Ch 8 Subordination (“Dependent Clause” & “Appositives”
only)}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

^{Powerpoint\wk3a.ppt}

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^{14 syntax}

^HW^:

^{Read “Teaching Errors” by Jillian Schedneck}

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev22/schedneck_teach.htm

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk3b.ppt

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Week 4

^{19 syntax}

^HW^:

^{No New Reading}

^{Work on 2 pp. essay}

^{Review Prose
Style chapters, especially Ch. 8}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

^{Powerpoint\wk4a.ppt}

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^{21 syntax}

^{2 pp. essay Due Tuesday}

^{Review Prose
Style Chapter 9, “Subjects & Verbs” & “Comparisons” only}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk4b.ppt

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Week 5

^{26 syntax}

^{Do Prose
Style Chapter 9, Exercises I-III}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk5a.ppt

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^{28 syntax}

^{Do Prose
Style Chapter 9, Exercises IV-V}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk5b.ppt

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OCTOBER

Week 6

^{3 syntax}

^{Read Prose Style Chapter 10 “Transitions”; do exercise I}

^{Review Chapter 9}

^{Work on your Hermit Crab}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk6a.ppt

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⁵ ^{Advanced Principles}

^{Read Prose Style Chapter 11 “Sound”; do exercises II-III}

^{Read:
“Hometown”}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev20/dickerson20.htm}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

Powerpoint\wk6b.ppt

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Fall Break-
No Classes

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Week 7

^{10 Advanced
Principles}

^{Review Prose
Style Chapter 11 “Sound” & do exercise IV}

^{Read Prose
Style Chapter 12 “Parallelism”; do
exercises I & II}

^{Read “A Dramatic Dogalog” (sound)}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brevtwo/homer.htm}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

^{Powerpoint\wk7a.ppt}

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^{12 Advanced Principles}

Midterm Grades Available Friday

^HW:^{REVIEW ONLY}

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Week 8

Midterm Grades Due

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HOURLY EXAM

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^{19 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{PS
Ch. 13 Variety (“Length,”
“Structure,” “Beginnings), pp.
148-153, Do Exercise I (1)}

^{Write a 1 page -----alog OR
illustrate a rule not illustrated}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brevtwo/homer.htm}

^{Read Gutkind, “Truth and Consequences” of CNF}

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/articles/issue09/09editor.htm

Powerpoint\wk8b.ppt

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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Last day to reduce course load

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Week 9

^{24 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{PS
Ch. 13 Variety (“Endings”), pp. 153-156, Do Exercise III}

^{Do Exercise I (2)

Read Gutkind, “Permission to Lie”}

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/articles/issue05/05editor.htm

Powerpoint\wk9a.ppt

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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^{26 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{PS
Ch. 13 Variety (“Interruptions”), pp. 156159}

^{Do Exercise I (3-5)}

^{Read Gutkind, “Clarity”} ^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/articles/issue20/20FromTheEditor.htm}

^{Powerpoint\wk9b.ppt}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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Week 10

^{31 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{PS
Ch. 13 Variety (“Parallelism”
&

“Questions & Commands”), pp. 160-164}

^{Do Exercise I (6-8)}

^{Read Lee Martin, “Dumber Than”}

^{http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brev17/martin_dumber.htm}

Powerpoint\wk10a.ppt

NOVEMBER

^{2 Advanced Principles}

2-page papers due

(don’t need your clicker)

Powerpoint\wk10b.ppt

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Week 11

^{7 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{Finish PS Ch. 13 Variety}

^{Do Exercises II & V}

Powerpoint\wk11a.ppt

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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^{9 Advanced
Principles}

^HW:^{Reread Style, Lesson 1, “Understanding Style”}

^{Read Style Lessons 2 and 3}

^{Redo II & V & I’ll}collect

^{Powerpoint\wk11b.ppt}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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Week 12

^{14 Advanced
Principles}

^{HW: Reread Style,
Lesson 2 “Correctness” & 3 “Actions”}

^{Read Style Lessons 4
“Actions”3}

^{Powerpoint\wk12a.ppt}

^{DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CLICKER IS?}

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^{16 Advanced Principles}

Read Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”

http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit

Reread Style, Lesson 3 “Actions” & 4 “Character”
Read Style Lesson 5 “Cohesion & Coherence”
Do exercises on handout
Learn Strunk & White “Words and Expressions Commonly Misused.” This will take several readings

Because of unusual homework load, no class on Tuesday, 11/21

Powerpoint\wk12b.ppt

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Week 13

^{21 Advanced Principles}

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Thanksgiving-
No Classes

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Thanksgiving-
No Classes

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Week 14

^{28 Advanced
Principles}

Read Style Lesson 6 “Emphasis”
Reread Strunk & White “Words and Expressions Commonly Misused.” This will take several readings

Powerpoint\wk14a.ppt

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^{31 Advanced
Principles}

Keep reading Strunk & White “Words and Expressions Commonly Misused.” This will take several readings
Read Style Lesson 7 “Conciseness” and Lesson 10 “Ethics”
Do exercises emphasis.htm

Powerpoint\wk14b.ppt

^{1 place}

DECEMBER

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Week 15

^{5 dead week}

^Quiz^—None

^{Powerpoint\wk15a.ppt}

^HW:^{REVIEW ONLY}

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^{7 dead week}

^Quiz^—None

^HW:^{REVIEW ONLY}

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8:00 a.m. Final Exam

CB 102

Grades are due Monday, December 18 by 4 P.M.