Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion ...
... meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion ...
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... meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither ...
... meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither ...
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... meaning is of the utmost importance , and often depends upon the arrangement of phrases . Hence it is well in constructing sentences to try several arrange- ments and carefully avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning ...
... meaning is of the utmost importance , and often depends upon the arrangement of phrases . Hence it is well in constructing sentences to try several arrange- ments and carefully avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning ...
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... meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set ...
... meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set ...
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... meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular , the verb agrees with it in the singular ; if the meaning is plural , the verb must be plural in form ...
... meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular , the verb agrees with it in the singular ; if the meaning is plural , the verb must be plural in form ...
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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