Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... NOTE . In all kinds of discourse there are but three main divisions - the in- troduction , the discussion , and the conclusion . The introduction is short , and is designed to pave the way for the discussion . The discussion includes ...
... NOTE . In all kinds of discourse there are but three main divisions - the in- troduction , the discussion , and the conclusion . The introduction is short , and is designed to pave the way for the discussion . The discussion includes ...
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... notes of this speech , I could not accurately repeat it . II . The friends of the wounded man were hopeful that he would recover . 12. There is something , too , which is immortal in the sad , faint sweetness . 13. It carries me in ...
... notes of this speech , I could not accurately repeat it . II . The friends of the wounded man were hopeful that he would recover . 12. There is something , too , which is immortal in the sad , faint sweetness . 13. It carries me in ...
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... notes . 5. The Son of Man had no place where he might lay his head . 6. There is a time when one may dance . 7. Some men are foolish , because they risk health and happiness in acquiring wealth . 8. That we make the most of ...
... notes . 5. The Son of Man had no place where he might lay his head . 6. There is a time when one may dance . 7. Some men are foolish , because they risk health and happiness in acquiring wealth . 8. That we make the most of ...
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... , like a gypsy's eye beneath her hair . * NOTE . - The nominative absolute should be used sparingly , as its use tends to weakness of style , or to ambiguity . 7. Charles V. , when he abdicated a throne and 60 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... , like a gypsy's eye beneath her hair . * NOTE . - The nominative absolute should be used sparingly , as its use tends to weakness of style , or to ambiguity . 7. Charles V. , when he abdicated a throne and 60 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... Note the following errors : Let he who made thee , answer that . Let they who raise the spell , beware the Fiend . Will this matter bring both he and I to give up the lady ? Did she ask you and I to come ? - RULE IV . In an abridged ...
... Note the following errors : Let he who made thee , answer that . Let they who raise the spell , beware the Fiend . Will this matter bring both he and I to give up the lady ? Did she ask you and I to come ? - RULE IV . In an abridged ...
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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