Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... syllable , but many contain several syllables ; as , nevertheless , notwithstanding , furthermore , for- asmuch , etc. The length of these makes them too promi- nent ; monosyllabic connectives should , if possible , be sub- stituted for ...
... syllable , but many contain several syllables ; as , nevertheless , notwithstanding , furthermore , for- asmuch , etc. The length of these makes them too promi- nent ; monosyllabic connectives should , if possible , be sub- stituted for ...
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... syllables . Thus the word " Miscreant ! " expresses all that could be conveyed by the sentence , " Thou art a miscreant ! " " A Daniel come to judgment ! " is a more energetic arrangement than , " Thou art a Daniel come to judgment ...
... syllables . Thus the word " Miscreant ! " expresses all that could be conveyed by the sentence , " Thou art a miscreant ! " " A Daniel come to judgment ! " is a more energetic arrangement than , " Thou art a Daniel come to judgment ...
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... syllables , or such as occasion a clash of vowels . Opposed to all such are ( 1 ) words ending in soft consonants or open vowels ; as , ever , alive , dream ; ( 2 ) words containing liquids ; as , roaming , mellow , noontide , loving ...
... syllables , or such as occasion a clash of vowels . Opposed to all such are ( 1 ) words ending in soft consonants or open vowels ; as , ever , alive , dream ; ( 2 ) words containing liquids ; as , roaming , mellow , noontide , loving ...
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... syllables , are difficult to pronounce , and , accordingly , unpleasant to the ear ; as , hospitably , derogatorily , per emptorily , arbitrarily . RULE III . — Avoid all disagreeable combinations of words . Words which by themselves ...
... syllables , are difficult to pronounce , and , accordingly , unpleasant to the ear ; as , hospitably , derogatorily , per emptorily , arbitrarily . RULE III . — Avoid all disagreeable combinations of words . Words which by themselves ...
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... syllables . Yet no writer has said more ex- actly what he meant to say . For magnificence , for pathos , for vehe- ment exhortation , for subtle disquisition , for every purpose of the poet , the orator , and the divine , this homely ...
... syllables . Yet no writer has said more ex- actly what he meant to say . For magnificence , for pathos , for vehe- ment exhortation , for subtle disquisition , for every purpose of the poet , the orator , and the divine , this homely ...
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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