Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence ...
... introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence ...
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... introduction of words and phrases , even the simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as ...
... introduction of words and phrases , even the simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as ...
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... in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The substantive , or noun , clause . 1. An adjective clause performs the office of an ad- jective ...
... introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The substantive , or noun , clause . 1. An adjective clause performs the office of an ad- jective ...
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... introduced by the conjunctive adverb " when , " and modi- fying the noun “ time . ” The hate which we all bear with ... introducing an adjective clause not restrictive , should be " who " or " which . " Example : " I heard this from the ...
... introduced by the conjunctive adverb " when , " and modi- fying the noun “ time . ” The hate which we all bear with ... introducing an adjective clause not restrictive , should be " who " or " which . " Example : " I heard this from the ...
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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