Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . ” ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ' " " ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers ...
... Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . ” ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . ' " " ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers ...
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... adjective modifier ; as , " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast . " ( 4 ) An adverb modifier ; as , " Aim to speak well . " ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . " ( 6 ) An ...
... adjective modifier ; as , " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast . " ( 4 ) An adverb modifier ; as , " Aim to speak well . " ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . " ( 6 ) An ...
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... adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write ...
... adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , " O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth . " DIRECTION . - Write ...
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... adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be ...
... adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of phrases , they should not be ...
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... adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 ...
... adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord meaning meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sail Saxon sense simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak stanza statement style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer