Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... gypsy's eye beneath her hair . * NOTE . - The nominative absolute should be used sparingly , as its use tends to weakness of style , or to ambiguity . 7. Charles V. , when he abdicated a throne and 60 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... gypsy's eye beneath her hair . * NOTE . - The nominative absolute should be used sparingly , as its use tends to weakness of style , or to ambiguity . 7. Charles V. , when he abdicated a throne and 60 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... style of this book is of such a nature that it can not be un- derstood . 2. Morning arose in splendor that was undimmed by clouds . 3. As was the historian , so were the auditors , given to asking ques- tions , apt to believe on slight ...
... style of this book is of such a nature that it can not be un- derstood . 2. Morning arose in splendor that was undimmed by clouds . 3. As was the historian , so were the auditors , given to asking ques- tions , apt to believe on slight ...
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... style , it should be used sparingly , and only when there is a sufficient reason for the inversion . To secure emphasis by means of inversion it should be borne in mind that— Emphatic words must stand in prominent positions ; that is ...
... style , it should be used sparingly , and only when there is a sufficient reason for the inversion . To secure emphasis by means of inversion it should be borne in mind that— Emphatic words must stand in prominent positions ; that is ...
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... The Complaint of the Foot - ball . 20. The History of my Work - basket . 21. The Experience of a Silver Dollar . 22. My Visit to the Children's Hospital . CHAPTER VIII . STYLE . Style is that part of VARIETY OF EXPRESSION . 131 14 16.
... The Complaint of the Foot - ball . 20. The History of my Work - basket . 21. The Experience of a Silver Dollar . 22. My Visit to the Children's Hospital . CHAPTER VIII . STYLE . Style is that part of VARIETY OF EXPRESSION . 131 14 16.
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... Style is that part of Rhetoric which treats of the modes . of expressing thought in language , whether oral or written . It depends partly on the nature and importance of the sub- ject , but ... style of any piece of writing ( 132 ) -STYLE.
... Style is that part of Rhetoric which treats of the modes . of expressing thought in language , whether oral or written . It depends partly on the nature and importance of the sub- ject , but ... style of any piece of writing ( 132 ) -STYLE.
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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