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Beschreibung

"An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can."-Wall Street Journal

Say it with style-on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples from Lincoln, Churchill, Douglass, and other masters of the language. As Farnsworth says, "Explaining a precept may take just a few words, but only examples can make it familiar to the ear. So we will consider examples from writers and orators who all have lessons to teach."

Farnsworth shows how small choices about words, sentences, and paragraphs put force into writing and speech that have stood the test of time. What was the secret? Knowledge of choices in the selection of words, the arrangement of sentences, the creation of a cadence. Now that knowledge can be yours through hundreds of examples of the very best use of rhetorical devices, classical cadence patterns, hyperbole and much more.

This is must for anyone who wants to speak or write with clear, persuasive, enjoyable, unforgettable style. "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own."-The Baltimore Sun

"An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can."-Wall Street Journal

Say it with style-on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples from Lincoln, Churchill, Douglass, and other masters of the language. As Farnsworth says, "Explaining a precept may take just a few words, but only examples can make it familiar to the ear. So we will consider examples from writers and orators who all have lessons to teach."

Farnsworth shows how small choices about words, sentences, and paragraphs put force into writing and speech that have stood the test of time. What was the secret? Knowledge of choices in the selection of words, the arrangement of sentences, the creation of a cadence. Now that knowledge can be yours through hundreds of examples of the very best use of rhetorical devices, classical cadence patterns, hyperbole and much more.

This is must for anyone who wants to speak or write with clear, persuasive, enjoyable, unforgettable style. "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own."-The Baltimore Sun

Über den Autor

Ward Farnsworth is Professor and W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He is author of The Socratic Method, The Practicing Stoic, and the Farnsworth Classical English series which includes Argument, Rhetoric, Metaphor, and Style—all published by Godine.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

Choice of Words: Simplicity

Choice of Words: The Saxon Finish

Choice of Words: The Latinate Finish and Variations

Choice of Words: Special Effects

Metonymy

Hyperbole

Lengths of Sentences

Sentence Structure

Passive Voice

Anacoluthon

The Rhetorical Instructions

The Rhetorical Announcement

Cadence: Classic Patterns

Cadence: Combinations and Contrasts

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Ratgeber
Thema: Briefe, Bewerbungen, Wiss. Arbeiten, Rhetorik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Farnsworth's Classical English
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781567926651
ISBN-10: 1567926657
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Farnsworth, Ward
Hersteller: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Farnsworth's Classical English
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 236 x 158 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Ward Farnsworth
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.06.2020
Gewicht: 0,427 kg
Artikel-ID: 121008569

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