Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style , because they give no assistance . In the first Developments , hints are given ( iii ) THE COMPOUND SENTENCE.
... to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style , because they give no assistance . In the first Developments , hints are given ( iii ) THE COMPOUND SENTENCE.
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... Messrs . Roberts Bros. , to Mr. Parke Godwin , and to others whose names are mentioned in connection with the selections copied . RICHMOND , VA . , January , 1890 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE Elements of the iv PREFACE .
... Messrs . Roberts Bros. , to Mr. Parke Godwin , and to others whose names are mentioned in connection with the selections copied . RICHMOND , VA . , January , 1890 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE Elements of the iv PREFACE .
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... is an adjective clause , connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , " by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) Connectives.
... is an adjective clause , connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , " by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) Connectives.
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... connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent , or " if - clause , " first . Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be ...
... connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent , or " if - clause , " first . Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be ...
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... connected by means of co - ordinate conjunctions ; but they may stand joined by their very position in the sentence - connected without any conjunction expressed . Co - ordinate Conjunctions are divided into four classes ; namely ...
... connected by means of co - ordinate conjunctions ; but they may stand joined by their very position in the sentence - connected without any conjunction expressed . Co - ordinate Conjunctions are divided into four classes ; namely ...
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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