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FIGURES OF SPEECH Simile Metaphor Personification Synonyms Simplicity of Diction Construction of Sentences Clearness of Construction Unity of Construction Energy of Construction . Harmony of Construction • • Allegory .
FIGURES OF SPEECH Simile Metaphor Personification Synonyms Simplicity of Diction Construction of Sentences Clearness of Construction Unity of Construction Energy of Construction . Harmony of Construction • • Allegory .
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The glow showed him a figure . The figure was shown by the fire's glow . It was a wood fire . The glow was a dull red . The figure was seated . It had its back to him . The figure sat on the hearth . It bent over the light .
The glow showed him a figure . The figure was shown by the fire's glow . It was a wood fire . The glow was a dull red . The figure was seated . It had its back to him . The figure sat on the hearth . It bent over the light .
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All the figures might have been shadows- [ adverbial clause of comparison ] . The fire - lit apartment might have been a picture- [ adverbial clause of comparison ] . This scene was hushed . I could hear the cinder fall from the grate― ...
All the figures might have been shadows- [ adverbial clause of comparison ] . The fire - lit apartment might have been a picture- [ adverbial clause of comparison ] . This scene was hushed . I could hear the cinder fall from the grate― ...
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Close to him was a strange , unearthly figure , who Gabriel felt at once was no being of this world , " not , " whom Gabriel felt , " etc. RULE II . - The object of an action or of a preposition should have the objective form .
Close to him was a strange , unearthly figure , who Gabriel felt at once was no being of this world , " not , " whom Gabriel felt , " etc. RULE II . - The object of an action or of a preposition should have the objective form .
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The ancient splendor is vanished , and these mingled shapes and figures wave like a faded tapestry , before my dreamy eyes . 40. Life's goblet is filled to the brim ; and though my eyes are dim with tears , I see its sparkling bubbles ...
The ancient splendor is vanished , and these mingled shapes and figures wave like a faded tapestry , before my dreamy eyes . 40. Life's goblet is filled to the brim ; and though my eyes are dim with tears , I see its sparkling bubbles ...
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| Titel | Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Eclectic educational series Harvey's language course, Thomas Wadleigh Harvey |
| Autor/in | Virginia Waddy |
| Verlag | American Book Company, 1889 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 16. Apr. 2008 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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