Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and one predicate ...
... proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and one predicate ...
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... elements contained in each of the separate statements are woven together . Statement I is the principal proposition , or skeleton sentence . Rhetorical analysis , the opposite of synthesis , is the 16 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... elements contained in each of the separate statements are woven together . Statement I is the principal proposition , or skeleton sentence . Rhetorical analysis , the opposite of synthesis , is the 16 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... proposition , and one or more subordinate propo- sitions , or clauses . Every clause contains a subject and a predicate , and every proposition contains a subject and a predicate , hence , inde- pendent propositions are likewise clauses ...
... proposition , and one or more subordinate propo- sitions , or clauses . Every clause contains a subject and a predicate , and every proposition contains a subject and a predicate , hence , inde- pendent propositions are likewise clauses ...
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... proposition , and the other statement , or statements , dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently ...
... proposition , and the other statement , or statements , dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently ...
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... leading thought for the principal proposition , and to determine what con- nection the remaining statements have with the leading thought . 2. A clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31 9.
... leading thought for the principal proposition , and to determine what con- nection the remaining statements have with the leading thought . 2. A clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31 9.
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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