Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase by Arthur Quinn: Used

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Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Pages
112
Publication Date
1995-11-01
ISBN
9781880393024
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Publication Name
Figures of Speech : 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase
Publisher
Routledge
Item Length
8.5 in
Subject
Communication Studies, Rhetoric
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.4 in
Author
Arthur Quinn, Barney R. Quinn
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Width
5.4 in
Number of Pages
112 Pages
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Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1880393026
ISBN-13
9781880393024
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
112 Pages
Publication Name
Figures of Speech : 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Subject
Communication Studies, Rhetoric
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Author
Arthur Quinn, Barney R. Quinn
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in

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Table Of Content
Contents: Preface. To And or Not to And. Effective Misspelling. Missing Links and Headless Horsemen. Man Bites Dog. Reds in the Red. More Than Enough. There There. Repetition Again. Conclusion. Abbreviations. Glossary. Index.
Synopsis
Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plasticity of language itself. We are inescapably confronted with the intoxicating possibility that we can make language do for us almost anything we want. Or at least a Shakespeare can. The figures of speech help to see how he does it, and how we might. Therefore, in the chapters presented in this volume, the quotations from Shakespeare, the Bible, and other sources are not presented to exemplify the definitions. Rather, the definitions are presented to lead to the quotations. And the quotations are there to show us how to do with language what we have not done before. They are there for imitation.

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