How to Write Persuasively Today (Hardcover)

This book is a step-by-step guide to harnessing the power to persuade in a variety of forms of writing. How to Write Persuasively Today is an authoritative handbook for getting your point across, a step-by-step how-to guide for making sure you say what you mean in the clearest, most effective way possible. Drawing on over three decades of professional writing and speaking experience, author Carolyn Davis breaks down the challenges, issues, and potential pitfalls involved in persuasive writing, providing practical strategies and solutions for communicating with the utmost clarity, precision, force, and style. It is a presentation filled with vivid, often humorous real-life examples of writing and presentations of all kinds-one that also equips readers with the tools needed to assess and evaluate everything from advertising claims to political propaganda to survey results. A wealth of original documents provides examples of solid persuasive writing, from essays, articles, sermons, advertising, and other sources Includes an annotated bibliography of print and electronic resources

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Writing Today
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	February 2010
Authors:	Carolyn Davis
Dimensions:	246 x 162 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	143
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-37837-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General
LSN:	0-313-37837-1
Barcode:	9780313378379

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