Political writing : a guide to the essentials / Adam Garfinkle ; with a foreword by David Brooks.
Material type: TextArmonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2012];copyright 2012Description: xix, 186 pages 24 cmContent type:- text
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- 9780765631237
- P 301.5.P67 .G18 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of rhetoric and polemic -- Becoming a better writer -- Writing better still -- The essay -- The review -- The op-ed -- Speechwriting -- Letters, toasts, and ceremonials -- Memoranda -- Commission reports -- Blogs -- A philosophy of editing.
Writing well, and persuasively, is a discipline that can be learned. This book introduces the essential skills, rules, and steps for producing effective political prose appropriate to many contexts, from the editorial, the op-ed, and the polemical essay to other forms both weighty and seemingly slight.
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