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Writing with Clarity and Style: A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition

by Robert A. Harris (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 46 ratings

Writing with Clarity and Style, 2nd Edition, will help you to improve your writing dramatically. The book 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. If you want to improve the appeal and persuasion of your speeches, this is also the book for you.

From strategic techniques for keeping your readers engaged as you change focus, down to the choice of just the right words and phrases for maximum impact, this book will help you develop a flexible, adaptable style for all the audiences you need to address.

Each chapter now includes these sections:

    • Style Check, discussing many elements of style, including some enhanced and revised sections

    • Define Your Terms, asking students to use their own words and examples in their definitions.

    • It’s in the Cloud, directing students to the Web to locate and respond to various rhetorically focused items, including biographies and speeches.

    • Salt and Pepper, spicing up the study of rhetoric by stretching students’ thinking about how their writing can be improved, sometimes by attending to details such as punctuation, and sometimes by exploring the use of unusual techniques such as stylistic fragments.

    • Review Questions, providing an end-of-chapter quiz to help cement the chapter ideas in long-term memory.

    • Questions for Thought and Discussion, a set of questions designed for either in-class discussion or personal response.

    New to the Second Edition

      • Additional examples of each device, including from world personalities and the captains of industry

      • More and longer exercises, with a range of difficulty

      • Advice from classical rhetoricians including Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Cicero, and Quintilian.
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      1. ISBN-13
        978-1351361842
      2. Edition
        2nd
      3. Publisher
        Routledge
      4. Publication date
        December 6, 2017
      5. Language
        English
      6. File size
        2.2 MB
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      About the Author

      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.

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      • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077YP3JLQ
      • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 2nd edition (December 6, 2017)
      • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2017
      • Language ‏ : ‎ English
      • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.2 MB
      • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
      • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
      • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
      • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
      • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
      • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
      • Print length ‏ : ‎ 231 pages
      • Customer Reviews:
        4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 46 ratings

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      The Robert Harris of this profile is an American living in Tustin, California. He has written both fiction (a novel, The Million Dollar Girl; short stories, Seventy Stories and a Poem) and non fiction, including textbooks, personal thoughts, and other items. Dr. Harris received his PhD from the University of California at Riverside. He taught at the college and university level for 25 years and then worked in the corporate world in instructional design for seven years. His Web site is www.virtualsalt.com

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      Customers find the book practical and useful for teaching rhetorical devices and improving writing. They describe it as an excellent resource with terrific exercises and clear presentation. Readers mention it's a toolkit for any writer.

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      Customers find the book practical and useful. They appreciate the clear presentation and exercises. It's a great resource for teaching rhetorical devices and improving writing.

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      • bordererer
        5.0 out of 5 stars An empowering and eminently practical work
        Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2019
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        If someone asked me to suggest one (modern) book to introduce them to the tools of rhetoric, this is the one I would recommend. Once you know these techniques, the figures of speech, you can see them everywhere -- in advertisements, in speeches, in literature. These techniques and figures go back millennia, and are just as powerful and useful today. They are a toolkit for any writer, and this book is an excellent way to get to know them.
        The concluding section, which shows how a few figures can liven up a hum-drum piece of writing, was eye-opening and I could say transformative even. Highly recommended!
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      • pc
        5.0 out of 5 stars For Writers of Every Level
        Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2019
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        A work book with terrific exercises and such clarity of presentation.
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      • Rebecca
        5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as described
        Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018
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        As described
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      • Kimberly
        4.0 out of 5 stars excellent resource but needs answer key
        Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2022
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        This is a Fantastic resource for teaching rhetorical devices and improving writing. However, it needs a companion answer key.
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      • Frederick G. Hunter
        3.0 out of 5 stars Needs Answer Key
        Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2020
        I love structure and information in the book; however, I hate that the book comes with an answer key. If, and when, someone is new to a subject, they need immediate feedback; I'm not using this book for a college course.
        So, I would even pay for an answer key, or guide???
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      • MichaelC
        5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book.
        Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2023
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        The book is amazing and it shipped fast. Thank you.
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      • Bargain Connoisseur
        5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
        Reviewed in Australia on June 24, 2023
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        Do the exercises and you will become a far better writer, even if you are proficient already!
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