Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... sense developed by long and minute discipline , and belong to the delicate and difficult sci- ence of criticism , there are included in this treatise extracts from masters of style , to which attention is directed ; for it must be ...
... sense developed by long and minute discipline , and belong to the delicate and difficult sci- ence of criticism , there are included in this treatise extracts from masters of style , to which attention is directed ; for it must be ...
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... sense intended ; therefore , phrases should usually be placed beside the parts of the sentence they are designed to modify . This is especially true of all phrases used as adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed ...
... sense intended ; therefore , phrases should usually be placed beside the parts of the sentence they are designed to modify . This is especially true of all phrases used as adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed ...
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... sense . In making the changes , bear in mind the directions given for the proper placing of the clauses : 1. Last night , as I lay fettered in my dungeon , I heard a strange , ominous sound . 2. In prayer you will find that a state of ...
... sense . In making the changes , bear in mind the directions given for the proper placing of the clauses : 1. Last night , as I lay fettered in my dungeon , I heard a strange , ominous sound . 2. In prayer you will find that a state of ...
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... sense ; the closest attention should be given to the selection of the proper conjunction when one is required . Remember that conjunctions mark every turn , every change of relation ; therefore , it is of the highest importance that the ...
... sense ; the closest attention should be given to the selection of the proper conjunction when one is required . Remember that conjunctions mark every turn , every change of relation ; therefore , it is of the highest importance that the ...
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... sense ; He labored cheerfully , he labored with cheer- fulness ; The soldier's duty , the duty of the soldier . 1. The country's food may have been lessened only by a fourth part of its usual supply . 2. This dreadful object might quell ...
... sense ; He labored cheerfully , he labored with cheer- fulness ; The soldier's duty , the duty of the soldier . 1. The country's food may have been lessened only by a fourth part of its usual supply . 2. This dreadful object might quell ...
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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