Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... give a fair knowledge of the principles and graces of Rhetoric . While the discussion of simple , complex , and ... give play to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style ...
... give a fair knowledge of the principles and graces of Rhetoric . While the discussion of simple , complex , and ... give play to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style ...
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... - ally and become : ( 1 ) An indirect object ; as , " Give John the book " ; or ( 2 ) A noun of measure , direction , or time ; as , " He sat an hour . " An infinitive phrase , " to " with its verb THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . II.
... - ally and become : ( 1 ) An indirect object ; as , " Give John the book " ; or ( 2 ) A noun of measure , direction , or time ; as , " He sat an hour . " An infinitive phrase , " to " with its verb THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . II.
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... give another power over your own liberty . 14. She saw not the bird , though it whirled untroubled by fear in wanton circles about her head . 15. This law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A ...
... give another power over your own liberty . 14. She saw not the bird , though it whirled untroubled by fear in wanton circles about her head . 15. This law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A ...
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... give . than to ask . SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX SENTENCES . Statements may be combined into a complex sentence by making one statement the principal proposition , and the other statement , or statements , dependent upon it . The dependent ...
... give . than to ask . SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX SENTENCES . Statements may be combined into a complex sentence by making one statement the principal proposition , and the other statement , or statements , dependent upon it . The dependent ...
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... give it to his sister , and the fine gentleman will fill his hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome ...
... give it to his sister , and the fine gentleman will fill his hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome ...
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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