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Mark Forsyth

Author and etymologist


Works

  1. The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

    2013 · book

    Forsyth's argument that eloquence is craft, not gift. Rhetorical figures (tricolon, antithesis, periodic sentences, alliteration) as learnable techniques. Shakespeare practiced them. So can you.

    Cited in Smithing Words