Classical rhetoric for the modern student by Corbett, Edward P.J

Table of Contents: “…Style -- Grammatical competence -- Choice of diction -- An adequate vocabulary -- Purity, propriety, and precision of diction -- Composition of the sentence -- Study of style -- Kind of diction -- Length of sentences -- Kinds of sentences -- Variety of sentence patterns -- Sentence euphony -- Articulation of sentences -- Figures of speech -- Paragraphing -- A student report on a study of style -- Figures of speech -- The schemes -- The tropes -- Concluding remarks on the figures of speech -- Imitation -- Testimonies about the value of imitation -- "How the French boy learns to write" / Rollo Walter Brown -- Exercises in imitation -- Readings -- "Critical examination of the style of Mr. …”