02604cam a2200373 i 4500 126958 20230410130501.0 150527s2014 nyu b 000 0 eng d 18633612 2015410727 9780425276181 (pbk.) 042527618X (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn889886474 TOH eng TOH rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX ORX VP@ HCO UOK WB9GB OCLCF DLC Eng lccopycat PE 1421 F735e 2014 808.042 Forsyth, Mark The elements of eloquence : secrets of the perfect turn of phrase / Mark Forsyth. Berkley trade paperback edition. New York : Berkley Books, 2014. xiv, 239 p. ; 20 cm Originally published: London : Icon Books, 2013. Includes bibliographical references (page 237). From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase--such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To be or not to be"--memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you're aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don't need to have anything important to say--you simply need to say it well. In an age unhealthily obsessed with the power of substance, this is a book that highlights the importance of style. Preface: On cooking blindfolded -- Alliteration -- Polyptoton -- Antithesis -- Merism -- The blazon (a merism too far) -- Synaesthesia -- Aposiopesis -- Hyperbaton -- Anadiplosis -- Periodic sentences -- Hypotaxis and parataxis (and polysndeton and asyndeton) -- Diacope -- Rhetorical questions -- Hendiadys -- Epistrophe -- Tricolon -- Epizeuxis -- Syllepsis -- Isocolon -- Enallage -- A divagation concerning versification -- Zeugma -- Paradox -- Chiasmus -- Assonance -- The fourteenth rule -- Catachresis -- Liotes -- Metonymy and synecdoche -- Transferred epithets -- Pleonasm -- Epanalepsis -- Personification -- Hyperbole -- Adynaton -- Prolepsis -- Congeries -- Scesis Onomaton -- Anaphora -- Peroration -- Epilogue concerning terminology. English language Style. Literature. Inglés Retórica. Inglés Estilo. lcc bk dvf 75034 75034 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PE 1421 F735e 2014 00000119677 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk