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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... sentence all the elements contained in each of the separate statements are woven together . Statement I is the principal proposition , or skeleton sentence . cate . Rhet .-- 2 . 16 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Synthesis of the Simple ...
... sentence all the elements contained in each of the separate statements are woven together . Statement I is the principal proposition , or skeleton sentence . cate . Rhet .-- 2 . 16 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Synthesis of the Simple ...
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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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... so as to select the 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 .
... so as to select the 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 .
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acatalectic accented adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful called capital comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction connected Dactylic Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English exclamation EXERCISE expression eyes feet flowers following examples following sentences foot Four lines give reasons hath heart heaven Heptameter hope iambic pentameter iambic trimeter Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord marks meaning meter Metonymy mind Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph PARAPHRASE parenthesis persons phrases poem poetry praise pronoun proposition prose punctuation quatrains quotation rhetorical rhyming alternately RULE sense simple sentences snow sometimes song soul sound speech spondee stanza statement stood style sublime sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee Themistocles things thou thought tion Trimeter trochaic trochee truth unaccented Uncle John verb verse voice wind words writing