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Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion (Wooden Books North America Editions)
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$7.95
Publication Date: March 15th, 2022
Publisher:
Wooden Books
ISBN:
9781952178283
Pages:
64
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Description
What do you do when you use a metaphor? Or a simile or analogy? Can you tell the difference between a synecdoche and a metonymy? What are the secret tricks used every day by professional persuaders? In this learned little volume, illustrated by Merrily Harpur, rhetoricians Adina Arvatu and Andrew Aberdein demonstrate the principles of Rhetoric via its key figures and devices, using copious examples to show how all human communication deploys the time-tested techniques of this elegant and ancient art.
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