Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and ... sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I ... a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists ...
... following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and ... sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I ... a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists ...
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... sentences neatly , elegantly , and harmoniously . Hence , when the several varieties of structure have been made , ask yourself the following questions : Which construction is clearest ? Which is neatest ? Which is most harmonious ...
... sentences neatly , elegantly , and harmoniously . Hence , when the several varieties of structure have been made , ask yourself the following questions : Which construction is clearest ? Which is neatest ? Which is most harmonious ...
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... SENTENCES . Synthesis is the process of combining separate state- ments into a single sentence . The following is the method : 1. An Italian mariner made his appearance at various courts . 2. He made his appearance successively ...
... SENTENCES . Synthesis is the process of combining separate state- ments into a single sentence . The following is the method : 1. An Italian mariner made his appearance at various courts . 2. He made his appearance successively ...
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... 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 stirring events in 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 stirring events in the ...
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... following sentences , and tell what they modify : 1. Though they fell , they fell like stars . 2. Halt , where thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early ...
... following sentences , and tell what they modify : 1. Though they fell , they fell like stars . 2. Halt , where thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early ...
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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