Elements of Composition and RhetoricAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 408 Seiten |
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... speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion on every ...
... speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion on every ...
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... speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . " ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers - either possessive or explanatory ; as ...
... speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good man . " ( 4 ) Nouns used as adjective modifiers - either possessive or explanatory ; as ...
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... speak well . " ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . " ( 6 ) An independent phrase ; as , “ To speak plainly , your habits are your worst enemies . " ( 7 ) It may be the principal term ...
... speak well . " ( 5 ) An explanatory modifier ; as , " This law , to love , is recognized by Christians . " ( 6 ) An independent phrase ; as , “ To speak plainly , your habits are your worst enemies . " ( 7 ) It may be the principal term ...
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... speak his own mind . 19. The people could not refrain from capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He prayed that he might be speedily succored . EXERCISE XX . DIRECTION ...
... speak his own mind . 19. The people could not refrain from capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He prayed that he might be speedily succored . EXERCISE XX . DIRECTION ...
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... speak with most miraculous organ , and yet it has no tongue . life . 13. Be thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of 14. Knowledge is not , like food , destroyed by use , but it is rather augmented and perfected ...
... speak with most miraculous organ , and yet it has no tongue . life . 13. Be thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of 14. Knowledge is not , like food , destroyed by use , but it is rather augmented and perfected ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Æneid Anapestic beauty 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 figure flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence Heptameter hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language letter light live look Lord marks meaning metaphor meter Metonymy mind Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph person phrases poem poetry praise predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sense simile simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak speech stanza statement stood style sublime sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic trochee truth verb verse voice wind words writer