2nd Edition
Writing with Clarity and Style A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers
Introduction
Index of Tables
Chapter 1: Balance
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Antithesis
Chapter 2: Emphasis I
Climax
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Sentential Adverb
Chapter 3: Emphasis II
Irony
Understatement
Litotes
Hyperbole
Chapter 4: Transition
Metabasis
Procatalepsis
Hypophora
Chapter 5: Clarity
Distinctio
Exemplum
Amplification
Metanoia
Chapter 6: Syntax I
Zeugma
Diazeugma
Prozeugma
Mesozeugma
Hypozeugma
Syllepsis
Chapter 7: Syntax II
Hyperbaton
Anastrophe
Appositive
Parenthesis
Chapter 8: Figurative Language I
Simile
Analogy
Metaphor
Catachresis
Chapter 9: Figurative Language II
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Personification
Chapter 10: Figurative Language III
Allusion
Eponym
Apostrophe
Transferred Epithet
Chapter 11: Restatement I
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Simploce
Chapter 12: Restatement II
Anadiplosis
Conduplicatio
Epanalepsis
Chapter 13: Restatement III
Diacope
Epizeuxis
Antimetabole
Scesis Onomaton
Chapter 14: Sound
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Consonance
Chapter 15: Drama
Rhetorical Question
Aporia
Apophasis
Anacoluthon
Chapter 16: Word Play
Oxymoron
Pun
Anthimeria
Appendix A: Blog Posting
Appendix B: Business Email
Appendix C: Counsellor’s Report About a Client
Appendix D: Graduate School Application Essay
Appendix E: Short Story
Appendix F: Winston Churchill—A Speaker’s Rhetoric
Index
Biography
Robert A. Harris (PhD, University of California, Riverside) taught English at college and university level for more than 25 years. He has also worked in the area of instructional design. Dr. Harris’ other books include Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism (now in its fifth edition), and The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism.
