Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... appear in the form of an adverbial phrase , “ in the last quarter of the fifteenth century , " which serves as a modifier of the predi- cate . Rhet .-- 2 . name was spoken . She was the best landlady in THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 17.
... appear in the form of an adverbial phrase , “ in the last quarter of the fifteenth century , " which serves as a modifier of the predi- cate . Rhet .-- 2 . name was spoken . She was the best landlady in THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 17.
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... appear in this . " you have wronged ( 2 ) An attribute complement , or predicate clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory modifier - in apposition ; as ...
... appear in this . " you have wronged ( 2 ) An attribute complement , or predicate clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory modifier - in apposition ; as ...
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... appearing above them . 5. The walls of Sir Roger's great hall are covered with the horns of several kinds of deer that he has killed in the chase , which he thinks the most valuable furniture of his house , as they afford him frequent ...
... appearing above them . 5. The walls of Sir Roger's great hall are covered with the horns of several kinds of deer that he has killed in the chase , which he thinks the most valuable furniture of his house , as they afford him frequent ...
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... . Statement 7 is given in the words not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent . " Statement 10 appears as a relative clause . EXERCISE XIV . DIRECTION . - Combine the statements in 42 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... . Statement 7 is given in the words not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent . " Statement 10 appears as a relative clause . EXERCISE XIV . DIRECTION . - Combine the statements in 42 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... appear before the traveler . II . Amid all the buzzing noise of the games and the perpetual pass- ing in and out of people , he seemed perfectly calm and abstracted , without the smallest particle of excitement in his composition . 12 ...
... appear before the traveler . II . Amid all the buzzing noise of the games and the perpetual pass- ing in and out of people , he seemed perfectly calm and abstracted , without the smallest particle of excitement in his composition . 12 ...
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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