A Good Turn Of Phrase

These two books offer comprehensive presentation and extensive practice of commonly used idioms, phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases at advanced level. The books are suitable both for classroom and self-study use.

These two books offer comprehensive presentation and extensive practice of commonly used idioms, phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases at advanced level. The books are suitable both for classroom and self-study use.

Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plastic

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. 'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric ... Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian. Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.' In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon. Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise, The Elements of Eloquencereveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold - and how you can do the same.

These two books offer comprehensive presentation and extensive practice of commonly used idioms, phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases at advanced level. The books are suitable both for classroom and self-study use.