Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric

Using words like epizeuxis, chiasmus and litotes, Farnsworth demonstrates in detail what can be done with major rhetorical figures (speech patterns), looks at the best of what has been done with them in English, presents the occasions for their use in systematic fashion, and offers explanatory comments. He aims to help those who wish to be on better terms with such techniques. First identified and studied in ancient Greece and Rome, these speech patterns are departures from simple and literal statement and include such examples as repeating words, putting words into an unexpected order, leaving out words that might have been expected, and asking questions and then answering them. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)