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This study of persuasive techniques in English is designed as an introduction for students. The volume aims to clarify the complexities of persuasive language - both written and spoken - and enables students to develop their own rhetorical skills. Part one considers the sources of persuasion, part two analyzes rhetoric in action, using a variety of extracts and examples and part three demonstrates the interaction between rhetoric and current critical and linguisitic theories.
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Persuading People, Robert Cockcroft, Susan Cockcroft
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Persuading People
- Subtitle
- An Introduction to Rhetoric - Second Edition
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Cockcroft, Susan Cockcroft
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1403921822
- ISBN13
- 9781403921826
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Textbooks, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, Psychology, Communication, Rhetoric
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- This study of persuasive techniques in English is designed as an introduction for students. The volume aims to clarify the complexities of persuasive language - both written and spoken - and enables students to develop their own rhetorical skills. Part one considers the sources of persuasion, part two analyzes rhetoric in action, using a variety of extracts and examples and part three demonstrates the interaction between rhetoric and current critical and linguisitic theories.