![]() ![]() “The Facebook of books…Before you know it, you’ve been reading for an hour.”- The Chicago Tribune Get ready to be impressed and entertained.”- Library Journal In doing so, he succeeds in creating a book to be not just browsed but absorbed. “Forsyth’s fascinating entries employ erudite humor and playful historical anecdotes to make these dusty old words sound fresh again. “This is not a book to be gulped down at a sitting, but gently masticated to be savored in small bites… irreverent commentary on the history of the terms and when to use them is worth reading…Every page contains a new jewel for logophiles and verbivores everywhere.”- Publishers Weekly Forsyth wants to drive home the point that potent rhetorical devices are all around us-whether in political speeches, advertisements or Katy Perry lyrics-and he does that handsomely.”- The Wall Street Journal ![]() One moment we are in the company of the Athenian orator Demosthenes, the next we’re rubbing shoulders (or shoulder pads) with Dolly Parton. ![]() ![]() As he moves in 39 succinct chapters through techniques such as hyperbaton (deliberate disruption of a sentence’s logical word order) and enallage (calculated disregard for conventional syntax), his frame of reference proves admirably wide. Forsyth has a flair for finding zesty examples. “Besides reinvigorating our sense of the ingredients and recipes that make our utterances flavorsome, Mr. The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase ![]()
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