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  • Doublespeak

    by William Lutz ...
    Series Book 1 - Rebel Reads
    Doublespeak is the language of non-responsibility, carefully constructed to appear to communicate when it fact it doesn't. In this lively and eye-opening expose, originally published in 1989, linguist William Lutz identifies the four most common types of doublespeak—euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook or "bureaucratese," and inflated language—showing how each is used in business, advertising, medicine ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • The Hidden Persuaders

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    by Jill Werman Harris ...
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  • McGraw-Hill's Concise Guide to Writing Research Papers

    by Carol Ellison ...
    Series series Perfect Phrases Series
    Write an effective research paper--no sweat!The words “research paper” may send a chill down your spine. You're thinking about the hours of research and the days of writing ahead-and that's after wringing your hands about the topic! Never fear, this concise resource will guide you through the process step-by-step and make the experience painless. With veteran composition instructor Carol Ellison's ... Read more

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  • New Rhetoric, The

    A Treatise on Argumentation

    by Chaïm Perelman, L. Olbrechts-Tyteca ...
    The New Rhetoric is founded on the idea that since “argumentation aims at securing the adherence of those to whom it is addressed, it is, in its entirety, relative to the audience to be influenced,” says Chaïm Perelman and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and they rely, in particular, for their theory of argumentation on the twin concepts of universal and particular audiences: while every argument is directed ... Read more

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    by William Safire ...
    America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance.Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, "You just don't get it," perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize winning ... Read more

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  • Arguments about Animal Ethics

    by Renee S. Besel, Richard D. Besel, Carrie Packwood Freeman, Laura K. Hahn, Patricia Malesh, Sabrina Marsh, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, Brett Lunceford, Wendy Atkins-Sayre, Professor Mary Trachsel ...
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  • The Rhetoric of Soft Power

    Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts

    by Craig Hayden ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
    The Rhetoric of Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts provides a comparative assessment of public diplomacy and strategic communication initiatives in order to portray how Joseph Nye’s notion of “soft power” has translated into context-specific strategies of international influence. The book examines four cases—Japan, Venezuela, China, and the United States—to illuminate the particular ... Read more

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  • Reason's Dark Champions

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    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
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    A complex and complete picture of the theory, practice, and reception of Sophistic argumentRecent decades have witnessed a major restoration of the Sophists' reputation, revising the Platonic and Aristotelian "orthodoxies" that have dominated the tradition. Still lacking is a full appraisal of the Sophists' strategies of argumentation. Christopher W. Tindale corrects that omission in Reason's Dark ... Read more

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    by Carol Berkenkotter, Thomas N. Huckin ...
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