A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers arenewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Drawing on key texts from the rhetorical tradition, as well as on newer approaches from linguistics and literary stylistics, Fahnestock demonstrates how word choice, sentence form, and passage construction can combine to create effective spoken and written arguments. With examples from political speeches, non-fiction works, andnewspaper reports, Rhetorical Style surveys the arguer's options at the word,sentence, interactive, and passage levels, and illustrates the enduring usefulness of rhetorical stylistics in analyzing and constructing arguments. INDICE: Introduction Part I. Word Choice Language or Origin New Words and Changing Uses Categories of Word Choice Language Varieties Tropes Schemes and Figures of Word Choice Part II. Sentences Sentence Basics: Predication Sentence Construction: Modification Sentence Architecture Figures of Argument Series Prosody and Punctuation Part III. Interactive Dimension Speaker and Audience Construction Incorporating Other Voices Situation and Occasion Part IV. PassageConstruction Coherence Passage Patterns Amplification References
- ISBN: 978-0-19-976411-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha Publicación: 12/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés