Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion on every subject . " As its etymology suggests , it was originally limited to spoken discourse ; but since the principles which ...
... writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion on every subject . " As its etymology suggests , it was originally limited to spoken discourse ; but since the principles which ...
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... writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together at the be- * TO THE TEACHER . - The pupil should here be taught the punctuation of simple sentences ...
... writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together at the be- * TO THE TEACHER . - The pupil should here be taught the punctuation of simple sentences ...
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... writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from Prof. Bain's Composition and ...
... writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from Prof. Bain's Composition and ...
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... writer be able to estimate closely , in every instance , the nature and extent of their in- fluence . In the synthesis of compound sentences , much use is made of contraction ; the participial phrase is very useful , and it is often ...
... writer be able to estimate closely , in every instance , the nature and extent of their in- fluence . In the synthesis of compound sentences , much use is made of contraction ; the participial phrase is very useful , and it is often ...
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... writers are apt to fall who are fond of harmonious arrangement ; and to have only one tune or measure is not much better than having none at all . ” Variety of expression may be secured in two ways : ( 1 ) By changing the arrangement ...
... writers are apt to fall who are fond of harmonious arrangement ; and to have only one tune or measure is not much better than having none at all . ” Variety of expression may be secured in two ways : ( 1 ) By changing the arrangement ...
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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