Analysing one of the greatest speeches in history: Pericles' funeral oration in 430 BC.
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We will look at the rhetorical devices used by Pericles to intrigue, inspire, and persuade his audience.
You can use these techniques in emails, over a drink, or in your job. pic.twitter.com/3Z7FsEOYZg
A brief guide to Shakespeare's use of prosody.
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It's how the Immortal Bard controls your attention, (and therefore your emotions). pic.twitter.com/WAACeWjM93
Analysing one of the greatest speeches in history, Cicero's denunciation of Catiline in 63 B.C.
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We'll look at the rhetorical devices used by Cicero to inspire & persuade his audience.
You can use these techniques too: in emails, over breakfast, or at work. pic.twitter.com/OBy6aWQDEi
How to write like George Orwell: pic.twitter.com/vIHDPfWJG1
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The Problem with Inspirational Quotes
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(and why the 21st century is full of them) pic.twitter.com/3fMx56hfMG
Where have all the serifs gone? pic.twitter.com/tYHX5d0uWP
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This line is so memorable for a reason.
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It's a perfect use of antimetabole: the repetition of a phrase in successive clauses, but with its word order reversed.
Here are 8 more rhetorical devices to make your writing or speaking more memorable: pic.twitter.com/orYXa3jTZp
How to write like Julius Caesar.
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A Thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/sYnkJouLqa
Don't fear the semicolon.
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Here's how to use it: pic.twitter.com/k5Kg9jegQM
Speak Better.
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17 simple rhetorical tips to communicate more persuasively: pic.twitter.com/VINXIuRMko
How to convince like Aristotle.
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An analysis of 'The Art of Rhetoric' (c. 355 BC)
His techniques are equally applicable to work presentations, breakfast debates, and Twitter. pic.twitter.com/MaBEM6aVIF
How to write & give a speech like Cicero:
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(the greatest orator of the Roman Republic) pic.twitter.com/RjAUDuGKax
17 brilliant words you might want to use more often:
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Sentence comes from the Latin word sententia, which means "way of thinking."
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To write a sentence is, by definition, to think.
So if you can't write well, you can't think well either, and somebody else might just do the thinking for you... pic.twitter.com/DCLJ6sbCoU