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The elements of eloquence : secrets of the perfect turn of phrase

Forsyth, Mark
Books, Manuscripts
Imprint:
New York, NY : Penguin Putnam Inc, 2014
Contents:
On cooking blindfoldedAlliterationPolyptotonAntithesisMerismThe Blazon (A Merism too far)SynaesthesiaAposiopesis - HyperbatonAnadiplosis - Periodic sentencesHypotaxis and parataxis (and polysndeton and asyndeton)DiacopeRhetorical questionsHendiadysEpistropheTricolonEpizeuxisSyllepsisIsocolonEnallageA divagation concerning versificationZeugmaParadoxChiasmusAssonanceThe fourteenth ruleCatachresisLiotesMetonymy and synecdocheTransferred epithetsPleonasmEpanalepsisPersonificationHyperboleAdynatonProlepsisCongeriesScesis OnomatonAnaphoraPerorationEpilogue concerning terminology
ISBN:
9780425276181
Dewey class:
808.042
Language:
English
BRN:
49833
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
McNally CampusBA Acting808.042 FORAvailable
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