Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... beginning of the line . The sentences are then written in close succession , until the par- agraph is completed . In combining sentences into a paragraph , the following directions should be observed : I. Read carefully the various ...
... beginning of the line . The sentences are then written in close succession , until the par- agraph is completed . In combining sentences into a paragraph , the following directions should be observed : I. Read carefully the various ...
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... beginning of the sentence is the usual place for the subject ; now , to use the introductory " there " or the an- ticipative subject " it " removes the real subject from the beginning , and thus emphasizes it . The idiom " it is ...
... beginning of the sentence is the usual place for the subject ; now , to use the introductory " there " or the an- ticipative subject " it " removes the real subject from the beginning , and thus emphasizes it . The idiom " it is ...
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... beginning of the sentence . The mere fact that the word is in an unwonted place gives it distinc- tion . The inverted , or rhetorical order belongs peculiarly to poetry , where the utmost freedom is allowed for the sake of rhyme and ...
... beginning of the sentence . The mere fact that the word is in an unwonted place gives it distinc- tion . The inverted , or rhetorical order belongs peculiarly to poetry , where the utmost freedom is allowed for the sake of rhyme and ...
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... beginning of civility . 20. ' Tis hard to find the right Homer . 21. My traveling companions were very disagreeable individuals . 22. A person who looked on the waters only for a moment might fancy that they were retiring . * EXERCISE ...
... beginning of civility . 20. ' Tis hard to find the right Homer . 21. My traveling companions were very disagreeable individuals . 22. A person who looked on the waters only for a moment might fancy that they were retiring . * EXERCISE ...
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... beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God . The same was in the beginning with God . All things were made by him ; and without him was not anything made that was made . In him was life ; and the life was ...
... beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God . The same was in the beginning with God . All things were made by him ; and without him was not anything made that was made . In him was life ; and the life was ...
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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