Words Like Loaded Pistols Leith, Sam

Words Like Loaded Pistols

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In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.) Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultation without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant -- and absolutely nothing to be afraid of.

PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780465096190
BY (AUTHOR) Leith, Sam
PUBLISHER : INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US PUBLICATION DATE : April 26, 2016
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States IMPRINT : Basic Books
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 210 mm x 140 mm
WEIGHT : 295 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Language & Linguistics
Society & Social Sciences
DESCRIPTION : In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.) Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultation without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant -- and absolutely nothing to be afraid of. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780465096190 BY (AUTHOR) Leith, Sam PUBLISHER : INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US PUBLICATION DATE : April 26, 2016 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States IMPRINT : Basic Books LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 210 mm x 140 mm WEIGHT : 295 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Language & Linguistics Society & Social Sciences