The Elements of Rhetoric

By Ryan N.S. Topping

Product Code: 9781621381969

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How to Write and Speak Clearly & Persuasively

Ryan N.S. Topping

The Elements of Rhetoric offers a concise, comprehensive course in the rules for making your point stick. With copious examples from such masters of language as Cicero, Augustine, Shakespeare, Erasmus, Lincoln, Dickens, Newman, Chesterton, and Lewis, you will discover the 26 rules of persuasion and learn to apply them. In The Elements you’ll find:

The three modes of persuasion
How to structure an academic essay
How to spot and avoid logical fallacies
How to compose with literary figures
Practical tips for improving speed in composition
A Study Guide with exercises

This is the essential guide to persuasive writing and speaking, in the tradition of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style.

116 pages, Paperback.

Praise for The Elements of Rhetoric

“Leading by example, Topping delivers a handy guide for all of us who rely on the art of persuasion. The Elements of Rhetoric is a gem.”

— Daniel B. Coupland, Hillsdale College, co-author of Well-Ordered Language: The Curious Child’s Guide to Grammar

“This is the book I have sought for 35 years. For those like me, for whom public speaking and writing is their stock-in-trade, this book is a must-have daily companion.”

— Michael C. Gilleran, Business & IP Trial Lawyer & Partner, Burns & Levinson, LLP, Boston, MA

“This versatile guide can supplement course material from any discipline in order to help students polish presentations and essays.”

— Ann Marie Klein, Department of Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas, MN