Farnsworth’s Classical English Style
Farnsworth’s Classical English Style by Ward Farnsworth, published by David R. Godine Publisher in 2020, is a guide that explores the nuances of effective English writing. This 168-page book provides insights into why certain styles resonate, drawing on examples from renowned figures such as Lincoln, Churchill, and Douglass. Farnsworth emphasizes that understanding the principles of style is essential, but it is through examples that these concepts become truly accessible.
Readers will find a thorough examination of how specific choices in word selection, sentence structure, and cadence contribute to impactful writing and speech. The book delves into various rhetorical devices and classical patterns, offering practical lessons that can enhance one’s own writing style. With a focus on education and language arts, this edition serves as a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their communication skills in both personal and professional contexts.
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“An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can.”–Wall Street Journal
Say it with style–on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples from Lincoln, Churchill, Douglass, and other masters of the language. As Farnsworth says, “Explaining a precept may take just a few words, but only examples can make it familiar to the ear. So we will consider examples from writers and orators who all have lessons to teach.”
Farnsworth shows how small choices about words, sentences, and paragraphs put force into writing and speech that have stood the test of time. What was the secret? Knowledge of choices in the selection of words, the arrangement of sentences, the creation of a cadence. Now that knowledge can be yours through hundreds of examples of the very best use of rhetorical devices, classical cadence patterns, hyperbole and much more.
This is must for anyone who wants to speak or write with clear, persuasive, enjoyable, unforgettable style. “A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own.”–The Baltimore Sun
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