Rhetorical Style

A comprehensive guide to the language of argument Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Drawing on key texts from the rhetorical tradition as well as on newer approaches from linguistics and literary stylistics Fahnestock demonstrates how word choice sentence form and passage construction can combine to create effective spoken and written arguments. With examples from political speeches non-fiction works and newspaper reports Rhetorical Style surveys the arguer''s options at the word sentence interactive and passage levels and illustrates the enduring usefulness of rhetorical stylistics in analyzing and constructing arguments.