Figures of Speech
| Author | : Arthur Quinn |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1880393026 |
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Turns Of Phrase
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The Elements of Eloquence
| Author | : Mark Forsyth |
| Publisher | : Icon Books |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2016-11-03 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9781785781728 |
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. 'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric ... Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian. Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.' In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon. Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise, The Elements of Eloquencereveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold - and how you can do the same.
Turns of Phrase
| Author | : Don Cupitt |
| Publisher | : SCM Press |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2014-07-28 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0334048117 |
Presents a Devil's Dictionary of the author's own ideas, with cross-links from entry to entry guiding the reader around his system. This title points out that the non-arrival of the Kingdom left the early Christians looking up vigilantly towards a better world that was yet to come.
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
| Author | : C. S. Lewis |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2013-11-07 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1107658926 |
An invaluable collection for those who read and love Lewis and medieval and Renaissance literature.
Passing English of the Victorian Era
| Author | : J Redding Ware |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2020-06-20 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789354029905 |
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
| Author | : Richard A. Spears |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 1100 |
| Release | : 2006-02-03 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 0071486852 |
Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states With more entries than any other reference of its kind,McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.
The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal
| Author | : John Camden Hotten |
| Publisher | : London : Chatto and Windus |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 1874 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
The World in a Phrase
| Author | : James Geary |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2011-02-01 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 160819762X |
Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through spirited and amusing biographies of some of its greatest practitioners, including Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker; great French aphorists like Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, and Chamfort; philosophers like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein; as well as prophets and sages like the Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Jesus. In our modern age, The World in a Phrase explores how aphorisms still retain the power to instigate and inspire, enlighten and enrage, entertain and edify. James Geary is the author of The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses. He lives in London with his wife and three children. "James Geary's celebration of the smallest-and sometimes wisest-of literary forms. Geary defines the characteristics of aphorisms and discusses their history and their role in his life, and shares the work of renowned aphorists from Buddha to Dr. Seuss."-Associated Press
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
| Author | : Kate Woodford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1550 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780521824231 |
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
More than Cool Reason
| Author | : George Lakoff |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2009-07-27 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0226470989 |
"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." — Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University "In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get hold of the world. They have achieved nothing less than a postmodern Understanding Poetry, a new way of reading and teaching that makes poetry again important." — Norman Holland, University of Florida
