Language with Altitude

Language with Altitude is a practical guide to reason, rhetoric, rhythm and rhyme, enabling you to grasp the primeval power of language and write richly evocative words that capture readers’ attention, stir imagination and raise spirits.

Language with Altitude is a practical guide to reason, rhetoric, rhythm and rhyme, enabling you to channel the primeval power of language and write richly evocative words that capture readers’ attention, stir imagination and raise spirits. Language with altitude is not just for poets. It’s for everyone who needs to deliver engaging and compelling text: politicians, presenters, playwrights, performers, persuaders, professors, prose writers, philanderers, philosophers, philanthropists, prelates, priests … people in every walk of life.

• Discover simple, powerful metaphors for the imagination;
• Appreciate how words cause listeners to evoke memories and to construct realistic images in the mind’s eye;
• Understand how memory is based on the recognition of patterns from infant days;
• Put these concepts into practice not only in compelling stories, poetry and comic verse, but also inspirational speeches and business reports;
• Benefit from countless insights into the principles of thinking, writing and public speaking, with the help of sparkling illustrations of every concept discussed in the text. 

And much more! Whether you’re a practised professional or a beginner writer, Language with Altitude will transport you to new heights of creative and analytical writing.

Pages: 320

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