Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... figures ; hence , the essential thought expressed by it is the careful adjustment of means to an end . Thus , " Religion is calculated for our benefit . " - Tillotson . 52. Couple , for two ; as , " He gave me a couple of peaches . " A ...
... figures ; hence , the essential thought expressed by it is the careful adjustment of means to an end . Thus , " Religion is calculated for our benefit . " - Tillotson . 52. Couple , for two ; as , " He gave me a couple of peaches . " A ...
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... figure is suitable only in cases of real emotion , and when properly used it is of great value and power . As for example : A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! How prayed I that my father's land might be an heritage for thee ...
... figure is suitable only in cases of real emotion , and when properly used it is of great value and power . As for example : A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! How prayed I that my father's land might be an heritage for thee ...
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... Figures and Tropes , but modern writers use the one term Figure to cover the whole subject , whether the deviation be in the form of the sentence or in the meaning of a particular word . Tropes ( Greek tropé , turning , ) are single ...
... Figures and Tropes , but modern writers use the one term Figure to cover the whole subject , whether the deviation be in the form of the sentence or in the meaning of a particular word . Tropes ( Greek tropé , turning , ) are single ...
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... figure of speech founded upon resem- blance . It is often called an abridged simile . It agrees with the simile in being founded upon resemblance , but differs from it in structure . In the simile one object is said to resemble another ...
... figure of speech founded upon resem- blance . It is often called an abridged simile . It agrees with the simile in being founded upon resemblance , but differs from it in structure . In the simile one object is said to resemble another ...
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... . The germ , the dawn of a new vein in literature , lies there . 8. We must keep the ball rolling until it becomes a thorn in the side of Congress . 9. A torrent of superstition consumed the land . 10. FIGURES OF SPEECH . 227.
... . The germ , the dawn of a new vein in literature , lies there . 8. We must keep the ball rolling until it becomes a thorn in the side of Congress . 9. A torrent of superstition consumed the land . 10. FIGURES OF SPEECH . 227.
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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