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Provides seventy-five mini-lessons for teaching writing, covering creating an encouraging environment, prewriting, conferences, composing, revising, editing, and publishing.

A guide for students studying the works of Chaucer, which explains how to interpret Middle English language, discussing pronunciation and definitions in twentieth-century context, as well as the variations on the fourteenth-century London dialect Chaucer used throughout his works.

Presents a humorous look at the English language, including information on word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation.

"This book revises, brings up to date, and consolidates (the author's) two earlier ones: A dictionary of usage and style and American usage.".

Examines prose writing, and focuses on imagery and description, and discusses using the senses, word choices, figurative language, and other related topics; and includes example excerpts from well known authors such as Upton Sinclair, and others.

Explains the import role words and tone play in literature, with examples of different tones and the meaning they bring to each piece and information on how words and tone help readers gain a sense of place in a story.

A collection of paragraphs submitted as entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, an international competition that invites entrants to compose bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.