Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... expression to his own ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ; not all of the syntactical arrangements are noticed , only those wherein the ...
... expression to his own ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ; not all of the syntactical arrangements are noticed , only those wherein the ...
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... EXPRESSION Change of Structure • Change of Phraseology Exercises in Composition PAGE 9 II 14 16 21 21 29 35 35 39 4I 45 22 330 7 1 1 1 0 ☹ · · 52 · 54 · 64 66 76 • 76 88 • 93 • 98 106 106 I 20 . 125 CHAPTER VIII . STYLE Diction ...
... EXPRESSION Change of Structure • Change of Phraseology Exercises in Composition PAGE 9 II 14 16 21 21 29 35 35 39 4I 45 22 330 7 1 1 1 0 ☹ · · 52 · 54 · 64 66 76 • 76 88 • 93 • 98 106 106 I 20 . 125 CHAPTER VIII . STYLE Diction ...
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... expressing con- dition , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " if , " and modifying the principal predicate " shall leave home in a week . " Expect nothing , lest you be disappointed . " Lest you be disappointed " is an adverbial ...
... expressing con- dition , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " if , " and modifying the principal predicate " shall leave home in a week . " Expect nothing , lest you be disappointed . " Lest you be disappointed " is an adverbial ...
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... pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need not waste on noble natures . 12. You may observe a toil - worn man . THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 33.
... pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need not waste on noble natures . 12. You may observe a toil - worn man . THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 33.
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... expressing that which may be chosen or omitted , they should be joined by alternative conjunctions . The following are the principal alternative conjunctions : else otherwise or nor either - or neither - nor whether - or Illative ...
... expressing that which may be chosen or omitted , they should be joined by alternative conjunctions . The following are the principal alternative conjunctions : else otherwise or nor either - or neither - nor whether - or Illative ...
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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