Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... faces were grim . Their two faces were wrinkled . They were ghastly with guilt and fear . Their faces bent over their victim . They looked horrible . Their looks might have caused them to be mistaken for fiends . 10. We should suit our ...
... faces were grim . Their two faces were wrinkled . They were ghastly with guilt and fear . Their faces bent over their victim . They looked horrible . Their looks might have caused them to be mistaken for fiends . 10. We should suit our ...
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... faces were set off by cloth caps , which were drawn down aslant over their brows . " * The relative pronoun introducing an adjective clause not restrictive , should be " who " or " which . " Example : " I heard this from the commander ...
... faces were set off by cloth caps , which were drawn down aslant over their brows . " * The relative pronoun introducing an adjective clause not restrictive , should be " who " or " which . " Example : " I heard this from the commander ...
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... faces are pleasing . Their modest cheerfulness is delightful . To see them on a Sunday morning is a pleasing sight . To see them thronging tranquilly along the green lanes to church is most pleasant . At the time of their going the bell ...
... faces are pleasing . Their modest cheerfulness is delightful . To see them on a Sunday morning is a pleasing sight . To see them thronging tranquilly along the green lanes to church is most pleasant . At the time of their going the bell ...
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... face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the story of Grandmother Hopeful , who bore , without murmur or repining , the many ills of her life . 27. There is no place where one must climb ...
... face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the story of Grandmother Hopeful , who bore , without murmur or repining , the many ills of her life . 27. There is no place where one must climb ...
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... face , and , by a little aggravation of the features , to change it into the Saracen's Head . 8. In the first chapter of Don Quixote , Cervantes , with a few strokes of a great master , sets before us the pauper gentleman , an Rhet ...
... face , and , by a little aggravation of the features , to change it into the Saracen's Head . 8. In the first chapter of Don Quixote , Cervantes , with a few strokes of a great master , sets before us the pauper gentleman , an Rhet ...
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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