Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... letter - and this because it is agreeable to the ear . Smoothness is an essential quality . Elegance requires that the sentence be smooth and flowing . This is somewhat incompatible with energy , which , impatient of long senten- ces ...
... letter - and this because it is agreeable to the ear . Smoothness is an essential quality . Elegance requires that the sentence be smooth and flowing . This is somewhat incompatible with energy , which , impatient of long senten- ces ...
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... letters are passed through an oven at quarantine , sprinkled with aromatic vinegar , and then pronounced clean - many a lady whose reputation would be doubtful otherwise and liable to give in- fection , passes through the wholesome ...
... letters are passed through an oven at quarantine , sprinkled with aromatic vinegar , and then pronounced clean - many a lady whose reputation would be doubtful otherwise and liable to give in- fection , passes through the wholesome ...
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... Letters , Essays , Treatises , Travels , History , Fic- tion , Biography , News . DISCOURSES . A Discourse differs from other kinds of composition in the fact that it is intended to be read or spoken to the persons addressed , instead ...
... Letters , Essays , Treatises , Travels , History , Fic- tion , Biography , News . DISCOURSES . A Discourse differs from other kinds of composition in the fact that it is intended to be read or spoken to the persons addressed , instead ...
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... special care . The object in the conclusion is to leave as strong an impression as possible upon the minds of the audience . LETTERS . Letters are written communications addressed by the writer PROSE COMPOSITION . 311.
... special care . The object in the conclusion is to leave as strong an impression as possible upon the minds of the audience . LETTERS . Letters are written communications addressed by the writer PROSE COMPOSITION . 311.
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... letter , each item is set off by a com- ma , and the whole closes with a period . Thus : Scioto , Ohio , Nov. 2 , 1886 . Lebanon , Ky . , June 4 , 1875 . 221 W. Franklin St. , Richmond , Va . , July 8 , 1880 . Glendower , Albemarle Co ...
... letter , each item is set off by a com- ma , and the whole closes with a period . Thus : Scioto , Ohio , Nov. 2 , 1886 . Lebanon , Ky . , June 4 , 1875 . 221 W. Franklin St. , Richmond , Va . , July 8 , 1880 . Glendower , Albemarle Co ...
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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