English Composition and Rhetoric

abstract action Alexander Bain Allegory Alliteration Amphibrachic Antithesis applied argument arrangement Bain cach called Campbell character circumstances clause climax combination comparison composition concrete connection consonants contrast degree Demosthenes described discase effect emotion English English language epigram example excitement Exposition expression Extract fact feelings force genius give harmony History human Iliad illustration impression instance interest iteration kind knowledge language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphors method Metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nations nature objects obverse orator oratory pain paragraph passion pathos periphrasis personification Persuasion phrase Plato pleasure poct poet poetic poetry political predicate principle reference rendered Rhetoric Rhyme rules sense sentence sentiment simile similitude Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautology tence things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet Trochaic truth variety verb vowels Whately words