Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and ...
... present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and ...
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... present was 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . · 5 . • is right . 6 . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage and success illustrate the proverb . 9. I am more willing to give . than ...
... present was 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . · 5 . • is right . 6 . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage and success illustrate the proverb . 9. I am more willing to give . than ...
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... present thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . ) The following are the principal adversative conjunctions : but but then still yet nevertheless only however ...
... present thoughts in contrast or in opposition to one another , they should be joined by adversative conjunctions . ) The following are the principal adversative conjunctions : but but then still yet nevertheless only however ...
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... present state , in thinking of the various events of my life . 10. When the speaker has finished , the members of the council leave him five or six minutes to recollect anything inadvertently omitted . II . As the Indians hear with ...
... present state , in thinking of the various events of my life . 10. When the speaker has finished , the members of the council leave him five or six minutes to recollect anything inadvertently omitted . II . As the Indians hear with ...
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... Present Tense . -When the act or condition ex- pressed by an infinitive is subsequent in time to that expressed by the principal verb , the infinitive must be in the present Thus verbs expressing hope , fear , expectation , in- tention ...
... Present Tense . -When the act or condition ex- pressed by an infinitive is subsequent in time to that expressed by the principal verb , the infinitive must be in the present Thus verbs expressing hope , fear , expectation , in- tention ...
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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