Language with Altitude

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Pub Date 28 Apr 2023 | Archive Date 27 Mar 2023

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Description

Language with Altitude is a practical guide to reason, rhetoric, rhythm and rhyme, enabling you to channel the primeval power of language and write richly evocative words that capture readers’ attention, stir imagination and raise spirits. Language with Altitude is not just for poets. It’s for everyone who needs to deliver engaging and compelling text: politicians, presenters, playwrights, performers, persuaders, professors, prose writers, philanderers, philosophers, philanthropists, prelates, priests … people in every walk of life.

  • Discover simple, powerful metaphors for the imagination;
  • Appreciate how words cause listeners to evoke memories and to construct realistic images in the mind’s eye;
  • Understand how memory is based on the recognition of patterns from infant days;
  • Put these concepts into practice not only in compelling stories, poetry and comic verse, but also inspirational speeches and business reports;
  • Benefit from countless insights into the principles of thinking, writing and public speaking, with the help of sparkling illustrations of every concept discussed in the text. 

And much more! Whether you’re a practised professional or a beginner writer, Language with Altitude will transport you to new heights of creative and analytical writing.

Language with Altitude is a practical guide to reason, rhetoric, rhythm and rhyme, enabling you to channel the primeval power of language and write richly evocative words that capture readers’...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781803136080
PRICE £15.99 (GBP)
PAGES 320