Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . EXERCISE I. DIRECTION . - Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete simple sentences . Thus : sentences . tends his flock ...
... thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . EXERCISE I. DIRECTION . - Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete simple sentences . Thus : sentences . tends his flock ...
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... thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early in the morning , that we might reach the summit of the mountain by sunset . 6. Stay a little , that we may ...
... thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early in the morning , that we might reach the summit of the mountain by sunset . 6. Stay a little , that we may ...
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... thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of life . 14. Knowledge is not , like food , destroyed by use , but it is rather augmented and perfected . EXERCISE XXV . DIRECTION . - Transform the italicized phrases and clauses ...
... thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of life . 14. Knowledge is not , like food , destroyed by use , but it is rather augmented and perfected . EXERCISE XXV . DIRECTION . - Transform the italicized phrases and clauses ...
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... thou under ? " not , " Who , " etc. " You can keep this letter and show it to whomever you like , " not , " whoever , ” etc. ' Them that honor me I will honor , " not , " They , " etc. " " ' Whom do you think I saw yesterday ? " not ...
... thou under ? " not , " Who , " etc. " You can keep this letter and show it to whomever you like , " not , " whoever , ” etc. ' Them that honor me I will honor , " not , " They , " etc. " " ' Whom do you think I saw yesterday ? " not ...
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... [ thou wouldst ] be blessed . ” ( 2 ) In the union of different modes ; as , " If a man have a hundred sheep , and one of them goes [ go ] astray , ” etc .; " Had I spoken to him , and he would have replied " [ had replied ] . ( 3 ) In ...
... [ thou wouldst ] be blessed . ” ( 2 ) In the union of different modes ; as , " If a man have a hundred sheep , and one of them goes [ go ] astray , ” etc .; " Had I spoken to him , and he would have replied " [ had replied ] . ( 3 ) In ...
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acatalectic adjective clause adverbial clause ALICE CARY Anapestic antecedent beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE express eyes feeling figure flowers following sentences give grandam hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look meaning merry metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun noun clause o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme rock RULE sail sense simile simple sentence sometimes soul sound speak statement style subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tell tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion topics trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer