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Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers by Jacques Barzun

Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers Jacques Barzun ebook
Page: 288
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060937232
Format: pdf

It is OK to use “big” words if that is the precise meaning you want. Do you, like Where your rhetorical aims differ, so does your linguistic register, and so may your writing style. Do you write complex sentences with lots of subordinate clauses or simple, direct sentences? Improve your emails with these simple rules. This classic serves up much good But I would like to provide my own version of eight important writing tips as they apply to blogging. If you like Elements of Style, you'll love Foundations Of Rhetoric, written by Harvard Prof Adams Sherman Hill, and published by Harper & Brothers, 1896. #2 Simple does not mean simplistic. We show you The body of the email should contain all pertinent information (see our articles on Writing Skills and The Rhetorical Triangle), and should be direct and informative. A few useful, fun-to-use rhetorical devices (some of which are included in Prestwick House's Rhetorical Devices: A Handbook and Activities for Student Writers) that teachers can introduce (or reemphasize) to students when they want to put a fresh spin Catachresis is, in direct translation from its Greek roots, defined as the “misuse of a word. A skilled writer can communicate much to a reader by this choice, keeping certain sections simple and direct, others densely foliaged. But in my opinion, none surpass the simple, direct advice of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. Writing simple and direct prose is actually rather difficult. In his “generative rhetoric,” there's nothing wrong with your original sentence. Prestwick House summer intern Rachel Carey discusses five rhetorical devices that lend arguments extra persuasive power.