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Style

Style

Raleigh, Walter

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Historical FiguresLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1162686073
ISBN13: 9781162686073
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Style is a book written by the renowned English author and poet, Sir Walter Raleigh. The book is a comprehensive guide to the art of writing and serves as a handbook for those who aspire to become better writers. Sir Walter Raleigh, who himself was a master of the English language, offers his insights and advice on various aspects of writing, including grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, and punctuation. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a specific aspect of writing. In the first chapter, Raleigh discusses the importance of clarity in writing and offers tips on how to achieve it. In the following chapters, he delves into more advanced topics such as the use of metaphors and similes, the art of persuasion, and the importance of rhythm and cadence in writing. Throughout the book, Raleigh provides numerous examples from his own writing and from other great writers of the past to illustrate his points. He also offers exercises and writing prompts to help readers practice and improve their writing skills. Overall, Style is a timeless guide to the art of writing that is still relevant today. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to improve their writing skills and develop their own unique style.Style, the Latin name for an iron pen, has come to designate the art that handles, with ever fresh vitality and wary alacrity, the fluid elements of speech. By a figure, obvious enough, which yet might serve for an epitome of literary method, the most rigid and simplest of instruments has lent its name to the subtlest and most flexible of arts. Thence the application of the word has been extended to arts other than literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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