Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... heard this from the commander , who ( and he ) heard it from the aid that carried the message . " The relative introducing a restrictive clause should be " that , " if euphony allows . Abbott says , " Who , ' ' which , ' etc ...
... heard this from the commander , who ( and he ) heard it from the aid that carried the message . " The relative introducing a restrictive clause should be " that , " if euphony allows . Abbott says , " Who , ' ' which , ' etc ...
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... heard that a battle had been fought . 4. How far I have succeeded is for you to judge . 5. I will find out whence you derive that idea . 6. We could never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put ...
... heard that a battle had been fought . 4. How far I have succeeded is for you to judge . 5. I will find out whence you derive that idea . 6. We could never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put ...
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... heard a strange , ominous sound . 2. In prayer you will find that a state of mind is generated which will shed a holy influence over the whole character . 3. In days long ago , when birds and flowers and trees could talk , in a country ...
... heard a strange , ominous sound . 2. In prayer you will find that a state of mind is generated which will shed a holy influence over the whole character . 3. In days long ago , when birds and flowers and trees could talk , in a country ...
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... heard . The voice warned them of their danger . The voice incited them to their duty . 9. To behold the peasantry is a pleasing sight . To behold them in their best finery is a pleasing sight . Their ruddy faces are pleasing . Their ...
... heard . The voice warned them of their danger . The voice incited them to their duty . 9. To behold the peasantry is a pleasing sight . To behold them in their best finery is a pleasing sight . Their ruddy faces are pleasing . Their ...
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... heard through the day . One , listening , may hear them . They may be heard like a solemn undertone . It is like a solemn undertone to all the noises of the town . At midnight those successive shocks fall upon the ear . They produce a ...
... heard through the day . One , listening , may hear them . They may be heard like a solemn undertone . It is like a solemn undertone to all the noises of the town . At midnight those successive shocks fall upon the ear . They produce a ...
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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