Elements of Rhetoric and English Composition: Second High School Course (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Rice Carpenter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0332059251 ISBN 13: 9780332059259

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the building blocks of clear, effective writing with this classic rhetoric and English composition guide.

This two-year high school text helps students move beyond single-paragraph work to serious composition. It emphasizes how to make writing clear, forceful, and elegant by organizing words, sentences, and paragraphs into a coherent whole.

The book lays out practical methods drawn from established teachers and writers. It teaches the main principles of composition, with a focus on unity, emphasis, and coherence. Readers explore how to choose words carefully, structure sentences, and shape paragraphs to express a single idea clearly. It also covers how to describe, narrate, and explain, and includes guidance on argument and persuasion. A chapter on verse composition adds further breadth for schools that include poetry in their courses.

• Learn the core aims of good writing: clarity, force, and elegance.
• Study how to build paragraphs and longer pieces with unity and coherence.
• Practice description, narration, exposition, and argument through exercises.
• Gain a practical framework that fits secondary-school instruction and can assist teachers’ planning.

Ideal for students beginning formal rhetoric and for teachers seeking a solid, approachable method to teach composition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0332059251
• ISBN 13: 9780332059259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158