Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and ...
... present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and ...
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... present was . 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . 5 . 6 . . is right . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage and success illustrate the proverb 9. I am more willing to give . than to ...
... present was . 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . 5 . 6 . . is right . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage and success illustrate the proverb 9. I am more willing to give . than to ...
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... present thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . The following are the principal adversative conjunctions : but still yet but then nevertheless only however ...
... present thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . The following are the principal adversative conjunctions : but still yet but then nevertheless only however ...
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... present state , in thinking of the various events of my life . 10. When the speaker has finished , the members of the council leave him five or six minutes to recollect anything inadvertently omitted . II . As the Indians hear with ...
... present state , in thinking of the various events of my life . 10. When the speaker has finished , the members of the council leave him five or six minutes to recollect anything inadvertently omitted . II . As the Indians hear with ...
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... Present Tense . When the act or condition ex- pressed by an infinitive is subsequent in time to that expressed by the principal verb , the infinitive must be in the present Thus verbs expressing hope , fear , expectation , in- tention ...
... Present Tense . When the act or condition ex- pressed by an infinitive is subsequent in time to that expressed by the principal verb , the infinitive must be in the present Thus verbs expressing hope , fear , expectation , in- tention ...
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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