Arcadia Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 My oldest has been asking me literary terms from his writing class that I have either not learnt or forgotten. I google and found these recommended by school teachers so any of these useful before I try to ILL/Link+ them? Writing With Clarity and Style: A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers by Robert Harris Rhetorical Devices: A Handbook and Activities for Student Writers Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, 4th Edition by Edward Corbett and Robert Connors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 SWB recommends Essential Literary Terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 SWB recommends Essential Literary Terms. Thanks. The answer key is a separate purchase though. We are using this site for the time being. My kid was asking about catachresis. http://literarydevices.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 (edited) I looked at the ToC and Index today and didn't find catachresis. I am not able to search through the book on GoogleBooks either. If you can find the term in there and let me know the page number, I can send you the scans. I did find mixed metaphors in the book. I can scan that page and send it to you if you want. ETA: In Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, there is a short paragraph on catachresis, again under mixed metaphors. But at least Corbett mentions the term; Sharon Hamilton does not. Edited April 16, 2016 by nansk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Thanks! Kid take a writing class and I end up learning literary devices that I don't remember learning :) I took literature until 10th grade. Luckily the explanation at the literary devices webpage was a good stop gap http://literarydevices.net/catachresis/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I really like the Writing with Clarity and Style book. It has catachresis in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 I really like the Writing with Clarity and Style book. It has catachresis in it. Are you using it as a guide or as a reference? My nearest libraries do not have it so if Inter Library Loan doesn't have it, I might just buy a copy as reference for literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I've used it as both. I've never worked through it with anyone cover to cover (yet). But I have worked through some of it with all the kids aloud and have sent my older ones to work through some on their own. I plan to use it better next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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