Rhetorical Style: The Uses of Language in Persuasion - Softcover

Fahnestock, Jeanne

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9780199764112: Rhetorical Style: The Uses of Language in Persuasion
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ISBN 10: 0199764115 ISBN 13: 9780199764112
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Jeanne Fahnestock is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Rhetorical Figures in Science, and co-author of A Rhetoric of Argument.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199764115
ISBN 13 
9780199764112
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Paperback
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1
Number of pages
449
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