TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Michael R.
TI  - Advanced legal writing: theories and strategies in persuasive writing
SN  - 9780735556591
AV  - KF 250 .S62 2008
U1  - 808/.06634 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Austin
PB  - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
KW  - Legal composition
KW  - Local
N1  - At head of title: Aspen Publishers; Includes bibliographical references and index; The foundations of persuasion : logos, pathos, and ethos -- Illustrative narratives in rule-based analysis -- Creating factor tests -- Evoking favorable emotions and values -- Establishing legal plausibility -- Credible character and good will -- Evincing intelligence -- Levels of metaphor in persuasive legal writing -- Crafting effective metaphors -- Literary references for nonthematic comparison -- Literary references for borrowed eloquence -- Literary references for thematic comparison : summoning dreams and swords -- Final thoughts on literary references -- Other figures of speech -- The ethics and morality of persuasion : justifying the life of a professional advocate
ER  -