Masters of language can turn unassuming words into phrases that are beautiful, effective, and memorable. What are the secrets of this alchemy? Part of the answer lies in rhetorical figures: practical ways of applying great aesthetic principles—repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise—to a simple sentence or paragraph. Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric recovers this knowledge for our times. It amounts to a tutorial on eloquence conducted by Churchill and Lincoln, Dickens and Melville, Burke and Paine, and more than a hundred others. The book organizes a vast range of examples from those sources into eighteen chapters that illustrate and analyze the most valuable rhetorical devices with unprecedented clarity. The result is an indispensable source of pleasure and instruction for all lovers of the English language.
Includes a PDF workbook
Do you have a story waiting to be told but know your writing skills need improvement? This expert resource will help you develop both your technical and creative writing skills. Bestselling authors reveal entertaining and informative methods to craft a story, organize complex thoughts, and write effectively to engage your readers.
How to effectively write a book, essay, or business plan does not need to be a mystery. Learn a foolproof system for taking highly complex ideas and plots and organizing them into a cohesive flow that is easy for readers to digest.
Let Dianna Booher, author of over forty books, share her insights on transferring ideas from your head onto paper. You will understand the psychology of the written word from the perspective of psychologist Dr. Larry Iverson and gain insights from bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, on how to turn a complex writing project into a manageable task within your normal workday.
According to recent studies, your nonverbal signals communicate more powerfully than your words. What do your body language, clothing choice, and vocal intonation say about you? Knowing exactly what you want to communicate by your body language can be the difference between winning the sale, getting the job, or influencing groups of people to your point of view and not.
Learn from experts in communication and psychology how you can structure your communications more effectively by understanding the laws of approachability and the psychology of great communications. Armed with this information, you will quickly be able to assess where others are coming from to build instant rapport.
With the knowledge from this series of recordings you will increase your charisma, credibility, and clout. Your actions will determine how you are perceived: weak or powerful, unsure or confident, insecure or ready to take on the world. Don’t leave your communications to chance; take control of how others perceive you both in and out of the workplace.
Public Speaking Confidence' is a superb high quality hypnosis recording by the UK’s best selling self-help audio author Glenn Harrold. This title includes a supplementary track By Aly Harrold. Track 1 “Become The Speaker You Know You Can Be!” is a 35-minute recording by Aly Harrold. This recording is full of tips and technical information to help you excel on your path to being an amazing Public Speaker. Track 2 by Glenn Harrold is a powerful hypnosis recording which will guide you into a deep state of mental and physical relaxation where you will receive hypnotic suggestions to help you deliver great speeches every time. This recording includes two hypnotherapy tracks, the first one you can use in the daytime as it will guide you back to full waking consciousness at the end. The second track is identical except that it guides you into a sleep state at the end, which makes it ideal for using before you go to sleep at night. Both tracks include tried and tested techniques to get you into a peak performance state when you actually make your speech. This recording will help you to overcome any nerves and make very effective public speeches every time.
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Jane Hirshfield points out that many people turn to poetry in times of great life transitions. She says, “You know when people fall in love, or when they lose love, or lose someone they loved, that is when they want a poem. When they get married, they want a poem. These great transitions are larger than the normal, ordinary consciousness. And what poems do is give us a vocabulary for understanding things, which isn’t available through any other use of language.” Her poetry alludes to far ranging subjects such as time, nature, and even science. Here she reads some of her poems and talks of the inspiration from which they come and why they speak to us and move us beyond our rational minds and our busy intellect through metaphors and images. She shares with us why poetry, and other art forms like music, speak so deeply to the heart and soul. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Ever wish you could captivate your boardroom with the opening line of your presentation? Author, historian, and world-renowned speaker James C. Humes shows how great leaders through the ages, from Churchill to Lincoln, have used simple tricks to persuade their audiences---and how you can make their methods work for you.
Learn the #1 secret of the top professional speakers in the world: how to craft and deliver a riveting story. Exceptional storytelling skills have been proven to build career success. Whether you are at a cocktail party, in the corporate boardroom, or in a routine meeting, your ability to craft interesting stories will have a measurable impact on your success. Learn how to harness the human psyche's positive response to a good story.
This audio collection from leading experts is designed to help you craft the perfect story for your needs. Not only will you learn how to tell the story, using your body and vocal intonations, but you will also discover why stories are relevant to any personal or professional setting.
By adding storytelling techniques to your repertoire of skill-sets, you will capture the attention of your audience and increase the recall of your ideas. And if your work routine includes the need for persuasion'whether it is with clients, co-workers, volunteers, or management'the tools in this audio series will help others see your point of view in a clear and memorable way.
Learn the #1 secret of the top professional speakers in the world: how to craft and deliver a riveting story. Exceptional storytelling skills have been proven to build career success. Whether you are at a cocktail party, in the corporate boardroom, or in a routine meeting, your ability to craft interesting stories will have a measurable impact on your success. Learn how to harness the human psyche’s positive response to a good story.
This audio collection from leading experts is designed to help you craft the perfect story for your needs. Not only will you learn how to tell the story, using your body and vocal intonations, but you will also discover why stories are relevant to any personal or professional setting.
By adding storytelling techniques to your repertoire of skill-sets, you will capture the attention of your audience and increase the recall of your ideas. And if your work routine includes the need for persuasion—whether it is with clients, co-workers, volunteers, or management—the tools in this audio series will help others see your point of view in a clear and memorable way.
This novel is about the adventurous boy Huck and his friend Jim, who venture down the Mississippi River on a raft.
This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
This animal fiction audiobook is about a dog that is taken from his owner and sold for use in extracting gold from mines. Buck the dog is traded among a few different people until finally being appreciated and given refuge by a kind person.
This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
Victor Frankenstein is a talented scientist who creates what he sometimes refers to as a monster. The monster is a large creature made from human parts and comes to life, but feels rejected by his creator Victor, as well as most of the people with whom he comes in contact with. He winds up killing certain people in Victor's circle of family and friends, so Victor eventually pursues the monster to kill him, but is he himself killed in the process. The ultimate fate of the monster is unknown.
This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
