Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... topics , for the pupil seldom possesses the maturity of mind to comprehend thoroughly the laws of Grammar , even when he undertakes to master the elements of Rhetoric ; moreover , his attention has been directed almost ex- clusively to ...
... topics , for the pupil seldom possesses the maturity of mind to comprehend thoroughly the laws of Grammar , even when he undertakes to master the elements of Rhetoric ; moreover , his attention has been directed almost ex- clusively to ...
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... he thinks the most valuable furniture of his house , as they afford him frequent topics of discourse , and show that he has not been idle . CHAPTER III . THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . A Compound Sentence 34 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... he thinks the most valuable furniture of his house , as they afford him frequent topics of discourse , and show that he has not been idle . CHAPTER III . THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . A Compound Sentence 34 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... topics it discusses , and religious controversy embraces the will by the infinite im- portance of the topics it discusses " — ( contraction in the subject , and in adjuncts ) . When the predicate relates to two or more subjects in ...
... topics it discusses , and religious controversy embraces the will by the infinite im- portance of the topics it discusses " — ( contraction in the subject , and in adjuncts ) . When the predicate relates to two or more subjects in ...
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... , and the list of topics used to assist the memory . The pupil should , from this list , write out the story in his own words . REPRODUCTION 1 . A NEST IN A POCKET . A THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . 45 Exercises in Composition.
... , and the list of topics used to assist the memory . The pupil should , from this list , write out the story in his own words . REPRODUCTION 1 . A NEST IN A POCKET . A THE COMPOUND SENTENCE . 45 Exercises in Composition.
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... topics . 2. Make as few topics as possible ; raise nothing to the rank of a topic which may properly stand under one already found . 3. Make each topic complete in itself ; no two topics should cover the same ground ; no one topic ...
... topics . 2. Make as few topics as possible ; raise nothing to the rank of a topic which may properly stand under one already found . 3. Make each topic complete in itself ; no two topics should cover the same ground ; no one topic ...
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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