Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... mark which was placed on the earth , and within bow - shot , and hit it in the white . 13. Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men , whereby to com- municate their mind ; but to wise men , whereby to conceal it . 14. As Hastings ...
... mark which was placed on the earth , and within bow - shot , and hit it in the white . 13. Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men , whereby to com- municate their mind ; but to wise men , whereby to conceal it . 14. As Hastings ...
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... marks the spot . You are prepared for the event . There is always something which helps you to realize it when it happens , and to recall it when it has passed . ( Third illustration ) : A man is shot down by your side in battle , and ...
... marks the spot . You are prepared for the event . There is always something which helps you to realize it when it happens , and to recall it when it has passed . ( Third illustration ) : A man is shot down by your side in battle , and ...
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... mark , They stem the current of that perilous gorge , Their arms still strengthening with the strengthening heart , Though danger , as the Wreck is neared , becomes More imminent . Not unseen do they approach ; And rapture , with ...
... mark , They stem the current of that perilous gorge , Their arms still strengthening with the strengthening heart , Though danger , as the Wreck is neared , becomes More imminent . Not unseen do they approach ; And rapture , with ...
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... mark- ing the versification , mark first each accented syllable and then mark the others as unaccented . When a number of lines in any piece have been thus marked , determine whether the movement is Iambic , Trochaic , Anapestic , or ...
... mark- ing the versification , mark first each accented syllable and then mark the others as unaccented . When a number of lines in any piece have been thus marked , determine whether the movement is Iambic , Trochaic , Anapestic , or ...
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... marks are the marks placed at the end of sen- tences . They are the period , the interrogation point , and the exclamation point . RULE I. - Every sentence not interrogative or exclamatory must be followed by a period . RULE II . — A ...
... marks are the marks placed at the end of sen- tences . They are the period , the interrogation point , and the exclamation point . RULE I. - Every sentence not interrogative or exclamatory must be followed by a period . RULE II . — A ...
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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