Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... participle or a participial phrase may be brought into the sentence and become : ( 1 ) A subject ; as , " Dying for a principle is a high de- gree of virtue . " ( 2 ) An adjective modifier ; as , " Flowers , withering , soon perish ...
... participle or a participial phrase may be brought into the sentence and become : ( 1 ) A subject ; as , " Dying for a principle is a high de- gree of virtue . " ( 2 ) An adjective modifier ; as , " Flowers , withering , soon perish ...
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... 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 . " DIRECTION . - Write sentences ...
... 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 . " DIRECTION . - Write sentences ...
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... mark beyond which I jumped . 2. An adverbial clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... mark beyond which I jumped . 2. An adverbial clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , time , cause , manner , degree , consequence , etc. It is joined to the principal statement by a ...
With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , time , cause , manner , degree , consequence , etc. It is joined to the principal statement by a ...
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... participle ; as , " Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed that saved she might be " ; " Having learned that it was best to visit the ruins at midnigt , we set out just after dark . " ( 5 ) The object of a preposition , the ...
... participle ; as , " Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed that saved she might be " ; " Having learned that it was best to visit the ruins at midnigt , we set out just after dark . " ( 5 ) The object of a preposition , 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