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Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Harris (PhD, University of California, Riverside) taught English at college and university level for more than 25 years. He has also worked in the area of instructional design. Dr. Harris’ other books include Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism (now in its fifth edition), and The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism. Zusammenfassung Writing with Clarity and Style, 2nd Edition, shows you how to use dozens of classical rhetorical devices to bring power, clarity, and effectiveness to your writing. You will also learn about writing styles, authorial personas, and sentence syntax as tools to make your writing interesting and persuasive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Index of Tables Chapter 1: Balance Parallelism Chiasmus Antithesis Chapter 2: Emphasis I Climax Asyndeton Polysyndeton Sentential Adverb Chapter 3: Emphasis II Irony Understatement Litotes Hyperbole Chapter 4: Transition Metabasis Procatalepsis Hypophora Chapter 5: Clarity Distinctio Exemplum Amplification Metanoia Chapter 6: Syntax I Zeugma Diazeugma Prozeugma Mesozeugma Hypozeugma Syllepsis Chapter 7: Syntax II Hyperbaton Anastrophe Appositive Parenthesis Chapter 8: Figurative Language I Simile Analogy Metaphor Catachresis Chapter 9: Figurative Language II Metonymy Synecdoche Personification Chapter 10: Figurative Language III Allusion Eponym Apostrophe Transferred Epithet Chapter 11: Restatement I Anaphora Epistrophe Simploce Chapter 12: Restatement II Anadiplosis Conduplicatio Epanalepsis Chapter 13: Restatement III Diacope Epizeuxis Antimetabole Scesis Onomaton Chapter 14: Sound Alliteration Onomatopoeia Assonance Consonance Chapter 15: Drama Rhetorical Question Aporia Apophasis Anacoluthon Chapter 16: Word Play Oxymoron Pun Anthimeria Appendix A: Blog Posting Appendix B: Business Email Appendix C: Counsellor’s Report About a Client Appendix D: Graduate School Application Essay Appendix E: Short Story Appendix F: Winston Churchill—A Speaker’s Rhetoric Index ...
