Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... SIMPLE SENTENCE . Composition is the art of combining ideas , or thoughts , and arranging them in order . the principles of Rhetoric . As an art , it is regulated by Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science ...
... SIMPLE SENTENCE . Composition is the art of combining ideas , or thoughts , and arranging them in order . the principles of Rhetoric . As an art , it is regulated by Rhetoric , derived from a Greek verb meaning to speak , is the science ...
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... simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned ...
... simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned ...
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... simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . ” ( 3 ) Nouns ...
... simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . ” ( 3 ) Nouns ...
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... simple sen- tences . Thus : tends his flock . The shepherd tends his flock . · commends the scholar . · overcomes difficulties . · promotes health . • make long voyages . • buries its eggs in the sand . · lies between the tropics . will ...
... simple sen- tences . Thus : tends his flock . The shepherd tends his flock . · commends the scholar . · overcomes difficulties . · promotes health . • make long voyages . • buries its eggs in the sand . · lies between the tropics . will ...
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... simple sentence may consist of an indefinite number of words and phrases , a variety of changes in the arrange- ment of its parts may be made . Thus the sentence , " On a pleasant spring morning , with my little curious friend beside me ...
... simple sentence may consist of an indefinite number of words and phrases , a variety of changes in the arrange- ment of its parts may be made . Thus the sentence , " On a pleasant spring morning , with my little curious friend beside me ...
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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