Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... language , used to express the thought . CHANGE OF STRUCTURE . Change of structure may be secured : ( 1 ) By changing the voice of the verb . Thus : Active - Cæsar defeated Pompey . Passive - Pompey was ( 106 ) VARIETY OF EXPRESSION ...
... language , used to express the thought . CHANGE OF STRUCTURE . Change of structure may be secured : ( 1 ) By changing the voice of the verb . Thus : Active - Cæsar defeated Pompey . Passive - Pompey was ( 106 ) VARIETY OF EXPRESSION ...
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... language . - NOTE . This change may often be effected by the use of a word of op- posite meaning in the predicate . Thus , " Mary is diligent " is equivalent to , Mary is not idle . " 12. The flowers smell sweet . 13. Her step was 122 ...
... language . - NOTE . This change may often be effected by the use of a word of op- posite meaning in the predicate . Thus , " Mary is diligent " is equivalent to , Mary is not idle . " 12. The flowers smell sweet . 13. Her step was 122 ...
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... language . 7. He eats like a pig . 8. His conceit and incessant gabble render him a great bore . 9. John is too lazy to succeed in any undertaking . 10. It is thought that he came into possession of his great wealth by means of fraud ...
... language . 7. He eats like a pig . 8. His conceit and incessant gabble render him a great bore . 9. John is too lazy to succeed in any undertaking . 10. It is thought that he came into possession of his great wealth by means of fraud ...
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... language , whether oral or written . It depends partly on the nature and importance of the sub- ject , but chiefly on the character and disposition of the writer . It reveals how one thinks as well as what one thinks . The word " style ...
... language , whether oral or written . It depends partly on the nature and importance of the sub- ject , but chiefly on the character and disposition of the writer . It reveals how one thinks as well as what one thinks . The word " style ...
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... language as it is at present used by the best writers and speakers . Campbell defines good usage to be : ( 1 ) Reputable , or the practice of intelligent and educated writers ; ( 2 ) National , as opposed to provincial and foreign ; ( 3 ) ...
... language as it is at present used by the best writers and speakers . Campbell defines good usage to be : ( 1 ) Reputable , or the practice of intelligent and educated writers ; ( 2 ) National , as opposed to provincial and foreign ; ( 3 ) ...
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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