| Farnsworth's Classical English Style Contributor(s): Farnsworth, Ward (Author) |
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ISBN: 1567926657 ISBN-13: 9781567926651 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition - Language Arts & Disciplines | Public Speaking & Speech Writing |
| Dewey: 808.02 |
| LCCN: 2019052915 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.93 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 |