Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... dependent or independent , may be transformed to phrases or single words ; phrases , to single words or to other phrase elements . EXERCISE XV . the adjec- DIRECTION . - In the following sentences , change , where you can , tives ...
... dependent or independent , may be transformed to phrases or single words ; phrases , to single words or to other phrase elements . EXERCISE XV . the adjec- DIRECTION . - In the following sentences , change , where you can , tives ...
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... dependent clauses into words or phrases . The following examples illustrate the method : Compound . You are perplexed , and I see it . Complex . I see that you are perplexed . Simple . I see your perplexity . Compound . — The child ...
... dependent clauses into words or phrases . The following examples illustrate the method : Compound . You are perplexed , and I see it . Complex . I see that you are perplexed . Simple . I see your perplexity . Compound . — The child ...
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... capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He prayed that he might be speedily succored . EXERCISE XX . DIRECTION . - Change each dependent clause TRANSFORMATION OF ELEMENTS . 57.
... capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He prayed that he might be speedily succored . EXERCISE XX . DIRECTION . - Change each dependent clause TRANSFORMATION OF ELEMENTS . 57.
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... dependent clause in the following sentences to a participle , or to a phrase containing a participle : 1. This is the only witchcraft he has used . 2. As he rushed forward , he shouted to his companions . 3. The big fifth - form boys ...
... dependent clause in the following sentences to a participle , or to a phrase containing a participle : 1. This is the only witchcraft he has used . 2. As he rushed forward , he shouted to his companions . 3. The big fifth - form boys ...
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... dependent clauses in the following sentences to phrases containing infinitives : 1. Men seeing clearly how they should act in difficult cases , are invaluable helpers . 2. We set out early in the morning that we might reach the sum- mit ...
... dependent clauses in the following sentences to phrases containing infinitives : 1. Men seeing clearly how they should act in difficult cases , are invaluable helpers . 2. We set out early in the morning that we might reach the sum- mit ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer