The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth (2016-11-03)

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ISBN 10: 1785781723 / ISBN 13: 9781785781728

Published by Icon Books Ltd, 2016

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth (2016-11-03)
• Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785781723
• ISBN 13: 9781785781728
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 226.8 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Using examples from a vast range of writings, Mark Forsyth presents an amusing and wonderfully erudite guide to the ‘formulas, flowers and figures’ of rhetoric. For each of 39 figures, he explains some that are well-known – hyperbole, paradox, rhetorical questions – and other, less familiar strategies that work their magic behind the scenes, such as diacope in the immortal phrase ‘Bond. James Bond.’

About the Author

Mark Forsyth is a blogger and author who was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. In 2009 he started the Inky Fool blog in order to share his heaps of useless information with a verbose world. His books have made him one of the UK's best-known commentators on words. Follow Mark on Twitter @inkyfool.