How Long to Read How Words Make Things Happen

How Long Does it Take to Read How Words Make Things Happen?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read How Words Make Things Happen by David Bromwich

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Sooner or later, our words take on meanings other than we intended. How Words Make Things Happen suggests that the conventional idea of persuasive rhetoric (which assumes a speaker's control of calculated effects) and the modern idea of literary autonomy (which assumes that 'poetry makes nothing happen') together have produced a misleading account of the relations between words and human action. Words do make things happen. But they cannot be counted on to produce the result they intend. This volume studies examples from a range of speakers and writers and offers close readings of their...

How long is How Words Make Things Happen?

How Words Make Things Happen by David Bromwich is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Words Make Things Happen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read How Words Make Things Happen aloud.

What Reading Level is How Words Make Things Happen?

How Words Make Things Happen is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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