The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase - Mark Forsyth • BookLikes (ISBN:042527618X)

The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase

by: Mark Forsyth (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780425276181 (042527618X)

ASIN: 042527618X

Publish date: October 7th 2014

Publisher: Berkley Trade

Pages no: 256

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, Humor, Writing, Humanities, Language, Adult

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Marvelous! For a writer like me, without a formal writing education and largely self-taught, this book is a must. It talks about the rules of rhetoric – the rules for creating a memorable phrase. A writer must follow those rules, those rigid formulas, if she wants her writing to sound good, to invok...

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Murder by Death rated it

9 years ago

http://jenn.booklikes.com Murder by Death 5.0 The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

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Did you know that adjectives in the English language have to be listed in a certain order to be correct? Specifically, they need to be ordered opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose. So you can have a beautiful small vintage round cream Italian marble sewing table, but try to rearran...

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