Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... matter and many of the exercises have been given as oral instruction in the author's classes , and it is hoped that in other hands it will stand the only true test of a school - book , -the test of trial . Most grateful acknowledgment ...
... matter and many of the exercises have been given as oral instruction in the author's classes , and it is hoped that in other hands it will stand the only true test of a school - book , -the test of trial . Most grateful acknowledgment ...
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... matters were in this state , the Senate sent a deputation to Cinna and Marius to invite them into the city . 7. Every avenue to escape was closed , for the entrance to the square was choked up with the dead bodies of men . 8. As ...
... matters were in this state , the Senate sent a deputation to Cinna and Marius to invite them into the city . 7. Every avenue to escape was closed , for the entrance to the square was choked up with the dead bodies of men . 8. As ...
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... matter who spoke or who was addressed , " not , " whom was addressed . " “ I will question whoever stands at the gate , " not , " whomever stands , " etc. " " ' Close to him was a strange , unearthly figure , who Gabriel felt at once ...
... matter who spoke or who was addressed , " not , " whom was addressed . " “ I will question whoever stands at the gate , " not , " whomever stands , " etc. " " ' Close to him was a strange , unearthly figure , who Gabriel felt at once ...
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... matter . METHOD V. To substitute the direct form of discourse for the indirect . The direct form of speech gives the words of the speaker exactly as uttered by himself ; the indirect form gives them as reported by another . In the ...
... matter . METHOD V. To substitute the direct form of discourse for the indirect . The direct form of speech gives the words of the speaker exactly as uttered by himself ; the indirect form gives them as reported by another . In the ...
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... matter " is equivalent to , " It is not difficult to manage the matter . ” ( 3 ) By euphemism . This change is similar to " denying the contrary , " but its special use is to avoid the harshness of a direct state- ment . Euphemism means ...
... matter " is equivalent to , " It is not difficult to manage the matter . ” ( 3 ) By euphemism . This change is similar to " denying the contrary , " but its special use is to avoid the harshness of a direct state- ment . Euphemism means ...
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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