Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers — either ... noun of measure , direction , or time ; as , " He sat an hour . " An infinitive phrase , " to " with its verb THE ...
... Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers — either ... noun of measure , direction , or time ; as , " He sat an hour . " An infinitive phrase , " to " with its verb THE ...
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... noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , " The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth ...
... noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , " The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth ...
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... nouns , we shall use the word " clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop ... noun or pronoun in the princi- pal proposition . It is generally joined to the principal statement by a relative ...
... nouns , we shall use the word " clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop ... noun or pronoun in the princi- pal proposition . It is generally joined to the principal statement by a relative ...
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... noun " garden . " This was a time when brave hearts trembled . " When brave hearts trembled " is an adjective clause , introduced by the conjunctive adverb " when , " and modi- fying the noun “ time . ” The hate which we all bear with ...
... noun " garden . " This was a time when brave hearts trembled . " When brave hearts trembled " is an adjective clause , introduced by the conjunctive adverb " when , " and modi- fying the noun “ time . ” The hate which we all bear with ...
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... noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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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