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Series
The Quill
Episode Number
7
Episode
From Sentences to Paragraph. Part 2
Producing Organization
WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-222r49gz6z
NOLA Code
QUIL
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Description
Episode Description
This episode shows how to narrow a paragraph until it is small enough to work with convincingly. One sentence can be written many different ways, each having different meaning. Professor Peterson tells how the historian, Francis Parkman, writes a paragraph, how a good amateur does, and how Rumer Godden does. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
The Quill is a course in writing that is basic enough to be of value to the businessman, the housewife, the engineer, or the beginning poet, novelist or short story writer. The course deals first with simple style, particularly as it applies to the selection of words; secondly, with the construction of sentences that are clear and powerful; and third, with the organization of paragraphs that are pleasant and persuasive. Throughout, the course suggests that the study of the art and craft of writing increases our pleasure in good thinking and in good reading. The 13 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1955-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Topics
Literature
Education
Rights
Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Host: Peterson, Edwin
Producing Organization: WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2326027-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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Citations
Chicago: “The Quill; 7; From Sentences to Paragraph. Part 2,” 1955-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 6, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-222r49gz6z.
MLA: “The Quill; 7; From Sentences to Paragraph. Part 2.” 1955-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 6, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-222r49gz6z>.
APA: The Quill; 7; From Sentences to Paragraph. Part 2. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-222r49gz6z