Buy The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase by Forsyth, Mark online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: This is an easy read packed with great information on rhetoric. Ideal for a beginner. Review: Put simply, if you want to take your writing to the next level, you must read (and reread) this book. The author has brought together the most common, and some not so common, figures of speech and literary devices to enable the reader to understand them and see how they have been utilized by writers, great and small (no merism intended), to give their writings depth, meaning, and whimsy. We all sense it when we read interesting and arresting (no alliteration intended) literature. But we often don't know why the passage, or poem, or prose captures and captivates us. Well, this book will tell you why and you will be dazzled and delighted. It will also help you in your interpretation of literature. Someone has said, "you don't know what a text means, until you know how it means." In other words, meaning is locked up in the way the text has been put together in terms of its grammar, syntax, and literary artistry. Once you understand the "how" of its construction, the meaning appears. This book will show you the "how" of the text's construction. The author has a great style of writing that always keeps your interest and he fills his pages with numerous examples of the figure or device he is describing. So, hurry and get this book. It will make you a better writer and a better reader - two goals for the price of one.
| Best Sellers Rank | #85,596 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #43 in Rhetoric |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (324) |
| Dimensions | 12.88 x 1.75 x 19.69 cm |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| ISBN-10 | 042527618X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0425276181 |
| Item weight | 210 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 256 pages |
| Publication date | 7 October 2014 |
| Publisher | Berkley |
T**G
This is an easy read packed with great information on rhetoric. Ideal for a beginner.
I**A
Put simply, if you want to take your writing to the next level, you must read (and reread) this book. The author has brought together the most common, and some not so common, figures of speech and literary devices to enable the reader to understand them and see how they have been utilized by writers, great and small (no merism intended), to give their writings depth, meaning, and whimsy. We all sense it when we read interesting and arresting (no alliteration intended) literature. But we often don't know why the passage, or poem, or prose captures and captivates us. Well, this book will tell you why and you will be dazzled and delighted. It will also help you in your interpretation of literature. Someone has said, "you don't know what a text means, until you know how it means." In other words, meaning is locked up in the way the text has been put together in terms of its grammar, syntax, and literary artistry. Once you understand the "how" of its construction, the meaning appears. This book will show you the "how" of the text's construction. The author has a great style of writing that always keeps your interest and he fills his pages with numerous examples of the figure or device he is describing. So, hurry and get this book. It will make you a better writer and a better reader - two goals for the price of one.
K**D
Excelente!! Uma aula de retórica de dar gargalhadas.
I**A
Entertaining and insightful too
D**S
This is a great book: wonderfully written, very interesting, it will spike your curiosity and your intellectual sinapses non-stop. After reading "Etymologicon" and this one, I can easily surmise that Mark Forsyth is now my favourite non-fiction writer. If you haven't, read this and "Etymologicon". Also, the book arrived in perfect condition, with that great new book smell. No complaints here. Sorry for not writing this in spanish, but I can't write in spanish efficiently and translating it online might result in me saying something weird without knowing.
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