Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... thoughts , and arranging them in order . As an art , it is regulated by the principles of Rhetoric . Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly ...
... thoughts , and arranging them in order . As an art , it is regulated by the principles of Rhetoric . Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly ...
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... thought little about what he should do in case of success . " The noun clause is generally introduced by an in- terrogative or relative adverb , by a subordinate conjunction , or by the interrogative pronouns " who " or " what . " Thus ...
... thought little about what he should do in case of success . " The noun clause is generally introduced by an in- terrogative or relative adverb , by a subordinate conjunction , or by the interrogative pronouns " who " or " what . " Thus ...
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... 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.
... 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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... thought , the second adding to the first , the third to the second , and so on , they should be joined by copulative ... thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . The ...
... thought , the second adding to the first , the third to the second , and so on , they should be joined by copulative ... thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . The ...
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... thought he could ! all unmolested , And so , The mother - birdie and her brood Safe in the pocket rested , Till all the little wings were set In proper flying feather , And then there was a nest to let- For off they flocked together ...
... thought he could ! all unmolested , And so , The mother - birdie and her brood Safe in the pocket rested , Till all the little wings were set In proper flying feather , And then there was a nest to let- For off they flocked together ...
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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