Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . Phrases introduced as modifiers may be preposi- tional , infinitive , participial , or adjectival . Prepositional Phrase . - A preposition and its object , forming a ...
... DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . Phrases introduced as modifiers may be preposi- tional , infinitive , participial , or adjectival . Prepositional Phrase . - A preposition and its object , forming a ...
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... DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . EXERCISE I. DIRECTION . - Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete simple sen- tences . Thus : • tends his flock . The shepherd tends his flock ...
... DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . EXERCISE I. DIRECTION . - Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete simple sen- tences . Thus : • tends his flock . The shepherd tends his flock ...
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... DIRECTION . - Change the position of the words and phrases in the following sentences in four ways , without altering the meaning : 1. Dogs , in their love for man , play a part in nearly every tragedy . 2. The sea for many hundred ...
... DIRECTION . - Change the position of the words and phrases in the following sentences in four ways , without altering the meaning : 1. Dogs , in their love for man , play a part in nearly every tragedy . 2. The sea for many hundred ...
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... DIRECTION . - Combine each of the following groups of statements into a sim- ple sentence . Try the sentence in various orders , and tell which construction you prefer , and why . Attend carefully to the punctuation : 1. A favorite ...
... DIRECTION . - Combine each of the following groups of statements into a sim- ple sentence . Try the sentence in various orders , and tell which construction you prefer , and why . Attend carefully to the punctuation : 1. A favorite ...
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... DIRECTION . - Analyze the following simple sentences : 1. Indian Territory is a large tract originally set apart for Indian tribes removed from their homes east of the Mississippi . 2. The South Atlantic States were the scene of ...
... DIRECTION . - Analyze the following simple sentences : 1. Indian Territory is a large tract originally set apart for Indian tribes removed from their homes east of the Mississippi . 2. The South Atlantic States were the scene of ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer