Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers — either ...
... Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers — either ...
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... adjective modifier ; as , " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast . ” " " ( 4 ) An adverb modifier ; as , " Aim to speak well . ' ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . ( 6 ) An ...
... adjective modifier ; as , " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast . ” " " ( 4 ) An adverb modifier ; as , " Aim to speak well . ' ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . ( 6 ) An ...
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... adjective or participle ; as , " The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write ...
... adjective or participle ; as , " The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write ...
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... adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be ...
... adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be ...
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... adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 ...
... adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 ...
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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