Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ; not all of the syntactical arrangements are noticed , only those wherein the grammatical principle re ...
... ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ; not all of the syntactical arrangements are noticed , only those wherein the grammatical principle re ...
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... ideas , or thoughts , and arranging them in order . As an art , it is regulated by the principles of Rhetoric . Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be ...
... ideas , or thoughts , and arranging them in order . As an art , it is regulated by the principles of Rhetoric . Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be ...
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... ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists of sub- ject and predicate , without adjuncts . The first of the fol- lowing sentences is in its simplest ...
... ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists of sub- ject and predicate , without adjuncts . The first of the fol- lowing sentences is in its simplest ...
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... idea . 6. We could never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put you down . 8. Tell me not in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream . 9. Charles Lamb , reading the epitaphs in the church ...
... idea . 6. We could never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put you down . 8. Tell me not in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream . 9. Charles Lamb , reading the epitaphs in the church ...
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... Ideas quickly fade ; they often vanish quite out of the understand- ing . Some sentences complex in form are equivalent to com pound sentences . When the relation of the members is cop- ulative , the conjunction may be absorbed in a ...
... Ideas quickly fade ; they often vanish quite out of the understand- ing . Some sentences complex in form are equivalent to com pound sentences . When the relation of the members is cop- ulative , the conjunction may be absorbed in a ...
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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