Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 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 . 13. Be thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of life . 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 . 13. Be thou faithful unto death , and I will give thee a crown of life . 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 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