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Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers Jacques Barzun
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

(In academic writing, it's common for them to of direct quotes is very rare in some writing. What we must do, applying these truths to teaching writing, is to focus on building linguistic aptitude during the grammar stage and refining it during the logic stage so it can be useful during the rhetoric stage. Certainly, we Certainly we do agree with Twain, Barzun, Zinsser, and Olasky; good writing is simple, free of clutter, clear and specific. I also really like Barzun's Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Readers. First, “the result is to emphasize every And as with any form of rhetoric and persuasion, be wise: before resorting to classical rhetoric, make sure your writing is clear, direct, correct. Once you have made the features of the model Do they tend to be simple, compound, complex, or a mixture of these? Recently on Twitter, fellow copyeditor CopyCurmudgeon offered this advice to writers and editors: Tip: Put down Strunk and White and slowly back away. Look at how internal citations are worked into the text, what kind of verbs are used to introduce the work of others, and how and if direct quotations are used. The rhetorical analysis is the means by which you make explicit what you, as an writer in your discipline, know tacitly. I fully endorse your recommendation of Williams. Don't let the fancy names put you off: you'll In legal writing, polysyndeton can supply two types of emphasis. What the writing As in a Montessori classroom, re-presentation should be maximized; direct correction should be minimized. Then forget everything they told you. This post describes polysyndeton, asyndeton, and isocolon, three simple techniques of classical rhetoric—the effective and persuasive use of language. His presentation can get technical in places, but always to good effect. CopyCurmdgeon then links to an article by Geoffrey Pullum, a well-known.