Persuading People an introduction to rhetoric

By:

Cockcroft, robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii,258pISBN:

9781403921826

Subject(s):

Leadership

DDC classification:

808.042COC

Summary: This study of persuasive techniques in English is designed as an introduction for students. The volume aims to clarify the complexities of persuasive language - both written and spoken - and enables students to develop their own rhetorical skills. Part one considers the sources of persuasion, part two analyzes rhetoric in action, using a variety of extracts and examples and part three demonstrates the interaction between rhetoric and current critical and linguisitic theories

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This study of persuasive techniques in English is designed as an introduction for students. The volume aims to clarify the complexities of persuasive language - both written and spoken - and enables students to develop their own rhetorical skills. Part one considers the sources of persuasion, part two analyzes rhetoric in action, using a variety of extracts and examples and part three demonstrates the interaction between rhetoric and current critical and linguisitic theories

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