Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... word " successively . " Statement 3 furnishes the adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words ...
... word " successively . " Statement 3 furnishes the adjective phrase " in the south and west of Europe . " Statement 4 adds the phrase " a citizen of Genoa " ; this phrase is put in appo- sition with the subject . Statement 5 adds the words ...
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... word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses should be placed as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected ...
... word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses should be placed as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected ...
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... words " not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent . " Statement 10 appears as a relative clause . EXERCISE XIV . DIRECTION . - Combine the statements in 42 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... words " not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent . " Statement 10 appears as a relative clause . EXERCISE XIV . DIRECTION . - Combine the statements in 42 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... Words may be transformed to phrases or other word ele- ments . By omission and contraction , clauses , dependent ' or independent , may be transformed to phrases or single words ; phrases , to single words or to other phrase elements ...
... Words may be transformed to phrases or other word ele- ments . By omission and contraction , clauses , dependent ' or independent , may be transformed to phrases or single words ; phrases , to single words or to other phrase elements ...
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... words . Observe carefully the following directions for making an outline : I. Search your material for leading thoughts , -these will form the general topics . 2. Make as few topics as possible ; raise nothing to the rank of a topic ...
... words . Observe carefully the following directions for making an outline : I. Search your material for leading thoughts , -these will form the general topics . 2. Make as few topics as possible ; raise nothing to the rank of a topic ...
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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