Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... true appreciation of what is best in our literature requires years of careful criticism , the student's attention should be given to such criticism as soon as his mind has attained sufficient maturity for the consideration of the ...
... true appreciation of what is best in our literature requires years of careful criticism , the student's attention should be given to such criticism as soon as his mind has attained sufficient maturity for the consideration of the ...
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... true of all phrases used as adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of ...
... true of all phrases used as adjective elements , but phrases used adverbially may be placed in almost any part of the sentence . The taste of the writer must determine which is the best place . Should the sentence contain a number of ...
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... true . " ( 4 ) An object complement - the direct object of a verb or participle ; as , " Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed that saved she might be " ; " Having learned that it was best to visit the ruins at midnig..t , we set ...
... true . " ( 4 ) An object complement - the direct object of a verb or participle ; as , " Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed that saved she might be " ; " Having learned that it was best to visit the ruins at midnig..t , we set ...
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... True , he served the state in his youth ; but then he betrayed it in his old age . ( Alternative ) Either Rome must destroy Carthage , or Carthage will be a perpetual threat to Rome . ( Illative ) They went away from town abruptly , so ...
... True , he served the state in his youth ; but then he betrayed it in his old age . ( Alternative ) Either Rome must destroy Carthage , or Carthage will be a perpetual threat to Rome . ( Illative ) They went away from town abruptly , so ...
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... true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . II . To tell all that we think is inexpedient . 12. Confessing the truth , I was greatly to blame for my indiscretion . 13. To pull down the false and to build ...
... true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . II . To tell all that we think is inexpedient . 12. Confessing the truth , I was greatly to blame for my indiscretion . 13. To pull down the false and to build ...
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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