Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and ...
... nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and ...
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... the mother - country . This occurred in the Virginia Convention . Pat- rick Henry was styled by his contemporaries the " Orator of Nature . " 20. Edward Plantagenet was the eldest son of King Edward THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 19.
... the mother - country . This occurred in the Virginia Convention . Pat- rick Henry was styled by his contemporaries the " Orator of Nature . " 20. Edward Plantagenet was the eldest son of King Edward THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 19.
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... nature of the assertion in each of the given statements so as to select the leading thought for the principal proposition , and to determine what con- nection the remaining statements have with the leading thought . 2. A clause should ...
... nature of the assertion in each of the given statements so as to select the leading thought for the principal proposition , and to determine what con- nection the remaining statements have with the leading thought . 2. A clause should ...
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... nature of the separate statements should be carefully considered , so as to connect in construction the members that are connected in sense ; the closest attention should be given to the selection of the proper conjunction when one is ...
... nature of the separate statements should be carefully considered , so as to connect in construction the members that are connected in sense ; the closest attention should be given to the selection of the proper conjunction when one is ...
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... nature . 4. The flowers of late sprung a beauteous sisterhood . 5. The palace of the royal family was destroyed by fire on the fifth night . 6. He knew the subtle art of no school - man . 7. He spoke with decision . 8. They rest in ...
... nature . 4. The flowers of late sprung a beauteous sisterhood . 5. The palace of the royal family was destroyed by fire on the fifth night . 6. He knew the subtle art of no school - man . 7. He spoke with decision . 8. They rest in ...
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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