Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers - Jacques Barzun

A fter a lifetime of writing and editing prose, Jacques Barzun has set down his view of the best ways to improve one's style. His discussions of diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision guide the reader through the technique of making the written word clear and agreeable to read. Exercises, model passages both literary and casual, and hundreds of amusing examples of usage gone wrong show how to choose the right path to self-expression in forceful and distinctive words.Barzun, Jacques is the author of 'Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers - Jacques Barzun' with ISBN 9780060911225 and ISBN 0060911220.