How can language be used to entertain, to persuade, to emotionally affect us? What is it about a piece of writing that makes it stylish or appealing or well-written? Orient BlackSwan’s A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody aims to provide a clear understanding of the techniques used by writers, from the classical age to the present day, to make their words resonate with their audience. Written primarily for students and teachers of English literature-both at the undergraduate and the postgraduate level-this handy reference book examines every important rhetorical and prosodic device in a thorough and engaging manner. The tropes and figures of speech in the ‘Rhetoric’ section of the book are categorised by type.