{"product_id":"writing-rhetoric-book-9-description-impersonation-student-edition-1","title":"Writing \u0026 Rhetoric Book 9: Description \u0026 Impersonation (Student Edition)","description":"A one-semester course for grades 7 or 8 and upThink of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. In the award-winning Writing \u0026amp; Rhetoric series  author Paul Kortepeter has recovered this proven method of teaching writing in conjunction with critical thinking and speaking. This is the ninth in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years. In Writing \u0026amp; Rhetoric Book 9: Description \u0026amp; Impersonation (Student Edition)  students will be writing well-crafted descriptive and expository compositions. The first part  description  emphasizes the use of vivid language to describe people  nature  and processes. The second part  impersonation  introduces the modes of persuasion as a means of imitating the writing style and outlook of four famous individuals: journalist Nellie Bly  writer Henry Williamson  athlete Jesse Owens  and statesman Winston Churchill. In these compositions  students will be making use of a range of writing skills  including the ability to inform  to describe  to narrate  and to analyze. In this one-semester book  students will learn to: -favor vivid words that appeal to the senses in fiction and nonfiction -use topic sentences for organizing paragraphs and information appeal to readers through modes of persuasion: emotion (pathos)  credibility (ethos)  and logic (logos) -employ rhetorical devices that show clarity of thought: aetiologia  anthypophora  expeditio  and syllogismus -incorporate supportive facts and details -annotate and narrate texts with a variety of strategies: oral narration  summary  outline  and modes of persuasion -craft an effective plot using conflict and character -build copiousness through sentence variety and rhetorical devices  including alliteration  simile  metaphor  hyperbole  epistrophe  and anaphora -work on delivery in public speaking volume  pacing  and inflection engage in a group discussions that foster critical thinking -improve essays using oration as an aid to revision","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44633302204469,"sku":"ByrdShop_1600513379","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1600513379_50a5b326-4f2d-4bab-ac2f-b2c8702fd133.jpg?v=1754219032","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/writing-rhetoric-book-9-description-impersonation-student-edition-1","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}