Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers

I. Diction, Or Which Words To Use. Time Out For Good Reading I: Working And Thinking On The Waterfront -- Ii. Linking, Or What To Put Next. Time Out For Good Reading Ii: Aristotle On Detective Fiction -- Iii. Tone And Tune, Or What Impression Will It Make? Time Out For Good Reading Iii: Language Defined -- Iv. Meaning, Or What Do I Want To Say? Time Out For Good Reading Iv: Hints For Sawing -- V. Composition, Or How Does It Hang Together? Time Out For Good Reading V: The Law As Guarantee Of Free Speech -- Vi. Revision, Or What Have I Actually Said? Time Out For Good Reading Vi: Two Gifted Amateurs -- Vii. To Use Or Not To Use. Time Out For Good Reading Vii: How To Be Respected At An Inn, Hotel Or Pub -- Viii. Take A Little Thought. Time Out For Good Reading Viii: Writing Less- And Better -- Exercise Pages -- Hints Toward Improving The Quoted Sentences. Jacques Barzun. Includes Index.