Rhetorical style : the uses of language in persuasion
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Rhetorical style : the uses of language in persuasion
Oxford University Press, c2011
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Bibliography: p. 419-434
Includes index
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Description
A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Drawing on key texts from the rhetorical tradition, as well as on newer approaches from linguistics and literary stylistics, Fahnestock demonstrates how word choice, sentence form, and passage construction can combine to create effective spoken and written arguments. With examples from political speeches,
non-fiction works, and newspaper reports, Rhetorical Style surveys the arguer's options at the word, sentence, interactive, and passage levels, and illustrates the enduring usefulness of rhetorical stylistics in analyzing and constructing arguments.
Table of Contents
- PART I. WORD CHOICE
- PART II. SENTENCES
- PART III. INTERACTIVE DIMENSION
- PART IV. PASSAGE CONSTRUCTION
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