TY - BOOK N2 - Rhetoric is among the most ancient academic disciplines, and we all use it every day whether expertly or not. This book is a lively set of lessons on the subject. It is about rhetorical figures: practical ways of applying old and powerful principles--repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise, the creation of expectations and then the satisfaction or frustration of them--to the composition of a simple sentence or a complete paragraph. --from publisher description. AB - Rhetoric is among the most ancient academic disciplines, and we all use it every day whether expertly or not. This book is a lively set of lessons on the subject. It is about rhetorical figures: practical ways of applying old and powerful principles--repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise, the creation of expectations and then the satisfaction or frustration of them--to the composition of a simple sentence or a complete paragraph. --from publisher description. T1 - Farnsworth's classical English rhetoric / DA - 2011. CY - Boston : AU - Farnsworth, Ward, ET - 1st ed. CN - PE1408 CN - PE1408 PB - David R. Godine, Publisher, PP - Boston : PY - 2011. ID - 1385481 KW - English language KW - English language SN - 9781567923858 SN - 1567923852 SN - 9781567925524 SN - 1567925529 TI - Farnsworth's classical English rhetoric / ER -