The Craft of Writing: Breaking Conventions

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The Craft of Writing: Breaking Conventions
Cornelia Paraskevas

When writers think of conventions as falling along a continuum from syntactic to rhetorical choices rather than as absolute rules, they better understand the roles conventions can play in communicating meaning. Using examples from popular publications, Cornelia Paraskevas argues for productively flouting conventions.

English Journal, Vol. 93, No. 4, March 2004

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