Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... tell which construction you prefer , and why . Attend carefully to the punctuation : I. A favorite diversion was hunting . A favorite diversion was hawking . These were diversions of the Middle Ages . They occurred at intervals . They ...
... tell which construction you prefer , and why . Attend carefully to the punctuation : I. A favorite diversion was hunting . A favorite diversion was hawking . These were diversions of the Middle Ages . They occurred at intervals . They ...
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... tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce restrictive relative clauses , state the reason why : 1. Behavior is a mirror , in which every one shows his image . 2. Books that you may ...
... tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce restrictive relative clauses , state the reason why : 1. Behavior is a mirror , in which every one shows his image . 2. Books that you may ...
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... tell what they modify : 1. Though they fell , they fell like stars . 2. Halt , where thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early in the morning , that we ...
... tell what they modify : 1. Though they fell , they fell like stars . 2. Halt , where thou art . 3. We only did as we were politely requested . 4. Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? 5. We set out early in the morning , that we ...
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... tell what functions they perform : 1. The whole force of conversation depends on how much you can take for granted . 2. That fortune favors the brave is a cheering maxim . 3. I heard that a battle had been fought . 4. How far I have ...
... tell what functions they perform : 1. The whole force of conversation depends on how much you can take for granted . 2. That fortune favors the brave is a cheering maxim . 3. I heard that a battle had been fought . 4. How far I have ...
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... ! There , stop your foolish fluttering- Nobody shall distress you . ” Then merrily he ran away To tell his wife about it , - How in his coat the nestlings lay , And he must do without it . She laughed and THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . 47.
... ! There , stop your foolish fluttering- Nobody shall distress you . ” Then merrily he ran away To tell his wife about it , - How in his coat the nestlings lay , And he must do without it . She laughed and THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . 47.
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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