Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric write by Ward Farnsworth. This book was released on 2010-11. Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rhetoric is among the most ancient academic disciplines, and we all use it every day whether expertly or not. This book is a lively set of lessons on the subject. It is about rhetorical figures: practical ways of applying old and powerful principles--repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise, the creation of expectations and then the satisfaction or frustration of them--to the composition of a simple sentence or a complete paragraph. --from publisher description.
Farnsworth's Classical English Style
Farnsworth's Classical English Style - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farnsworth's Classical English Style write by Ward Farnsworth. This book was released on 2020. Farnsworth's Classical English Style available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the author of Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, a manual for clear, forceful, unforgettable speech.
Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor
Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor write by Ward Farnsworth. This book was released on 2016-08-15. Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric was the definitive guide to the use of rhetorical devices in English. It became a best-seller in its field, with over 20,000 copies in print. Here now is the natural sequel, Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor—the most entertaining and instructive book ever written about the art of comparison. A metaphor compares two things that seem unalike. Lincoln was a master of the art (A house divided against itself cannot stand). So were Jefferson (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants) and Shakespeare (All the world’s a stage/And all the men and women merely players). Farnsworth’s book is the finest collection of such figurative comparisons ever assembled. It offers an original analysis of patterns in the sources and uses of metaphor. It also explains the different stylistic ways that comparisons can be written, and with what effects. The book starts by dividing the sources of metaphor into families, including nature, architecture, animals, and myth. It then shows how the best writers have put each of those traditions to distinctive use-for the sake of caricature, to make an abstract idea visible, to make a complicated idea simple. The book provides, along the way, an extraordinarily wide-ranging tour of examples from novelists, playwrights, philosophers, and orators. There is interest, instruction, and amusement to be found on every page. Ward Farnsworth-lawyer, dean, teacher, and polymath-has produced another indispensable book for the writer. Classical English Metaphor will be a constant source of learning and enjoyment for anyone who appreciates the art of observation and the pleasure of well-chosen words.
The Practicing Stoic
The Practicing Stoic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Practicing Stoic write by Ward Farnsworth. This book was released on 2018. The Practicing Stoic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most helpful and practical philosophy ever devised. The advice the Stoics provided centuries ago is still the best anyone has offered and it's as useful today as it was then-or more. Stoicism means knowing the difference between what we can control and what we can't, and not worrying about the latter. The Stoics were masters of perspective, always taking the long view while remembering that life is short. And they were deep and insightful students of human nature, understanding how we manage to make ourselves miserable as well as how we seek and can find fulfillment. The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. Ward Farnsworth brings them all together and systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for everyone-the most valuable wisdom of ages past made available for our times.
Predator at the Chessboard
Predator at the Chessboard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Predator at the Chessboard write by Ward Farnsworth. This book was released on 2011. Predator at the Chessboard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chess tactics explained in English: the website www.chesstactics.org in book form. This volume is the first in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. This first volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.) A hardcover version is also available.
