Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... effect is to deny or to give a negative answer to the question . EXERCISE XXXI . DIRECTION.- Vary the structure of the following sentences by substituting the interrogative form for the declarative , and the declarative for the ...
... effect is to deny or to give a negative answer to the question . EXERCISE XXXI . DIRECTION.- Vary the structure of the following sentences by substituting the interrogative form for the declarative , and the declarative for the ...
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... effect of voluntary exertion , since the impress of manliness upon the face is due less to growth , or phys- ical development , than to the formation of manly character by means of noble purpose and high endeavor . 4. Differ with , for ...
... effect of voluntary exertion , since the impress of manliness upon the face is due less to growth , or phys- ical development , than to the formation of manly character by means of noble purpose and high endeavor . 4. Differ with , for ...
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... effects or indications ; as , to read character in a face . To Peruse , the etymology of which is quite uncertain , meant formerly to observe closely and in detail . This might be the matter of some book or not . Now to peruse is to ...
... effects or indications ; as , to read character in a face . To Peruse , the etymology of which is quite uncertain , meant formerly to observe closely and in detail . This might be the matter of some book or not . Now to peruse is to ...
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... effect . Short words require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo- tions ...
... effect . Short words require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo- tions ...
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... effect by its Harmony . Clearness . - Clearness requires that the parts of a sen- tence - words , phrases , and clauses - should be so arranged as to leave no possibility of doubt as to the author's mean- ing . Language is the medium of ...
... effect by its Harmony . Clearness . - Clearness requires that the parts of a sen- tence - words , phrases , and clauses - should be so arranged as to leave no possibility of doubt as to the author's mean- ing . Language is the medium of ...
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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