Writing with Clarity and Style

 A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers

Ø This book has been carefully designed to teach students how to use 60 rhetorical devices, which are profusely illustrated with more than 390 examples.
Ø The 60 rhetorical devices are divided into 16 chapters. For example, the chapter on clarity covers
· parallelism, chiasmus, and antithesis.
The three chapters on figurative language cover devices such as
· simile, analogy, metaphor, catachresis, and personification.
The three chapters on sound cover devices such as
· hyperbaton, anastrophe, appositive, and parenthesis.
Ø Five fully annotated appendices show the use of the devices in these contemporary writing situations: a newspaper editorial, a business memorandum, a social worker's report, a graduate school application essay, and a short story.
Ø End-of-chapter "Style Check" sidebars explore numerous aspects of style.
Ø Your students will learn that rhetoric is a friend, not a foe, of clarity and effectiveness. The rhetorical devices in this textbook are presented as a set of practical tools.
Ø Numerous within-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises make this text a teaching tool-not just a handbook.
Ø The instructor's Answer Key will make it easy for you to start using this book right away.
 

A sample of professors' reactions:

"A goldmine of useful information, it connects the past and the present effectively."
    —Philip Daley, Southwest State University

"This is a unique textbook that presents students with practical exercises designed to teach students the best of classical tropes and schemes. This book should delight many people-instructors as well as students."
    —Marshall Myers, Eastern Kentucky University

"The perfect application text to accompany Corbett's Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student."
    —Roger Bacon, Northern Arizona University

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