Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... effect is to deny or to give a negative answer to the question . EXERCISE XXXI . DIRECTION . — Vary the structure of the following sentences by substituting the interrogative form for the declarative , and the declarative for the ...
... effect is to deny or to give a negative answer to the question . EXERCISE XXXI . DIRECTION . — Vary the structure of the following sentences by substituting the interrogative form for the declarative , and the declarative for the ...
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... effect of voluntary exertion , since the impress of manliness upon the face is due less to growth , or phys- ical development , than to the formation of manly character by means of noble purpose and high endeavor . 4. Differ with , for ...
... effect of voluntary exertion , since the impress of manliness upon the face is due less to growth , or phys- ical development , than to the formation of manly character by means of noble purpose and high endeavor . 4. Differ with , for ...
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... effects or indications ; as , to read character in a face . To Peruse , the etymology of which is quite uncertain , meant formerly to observe closely and in detail . This might be the matter of some book or not . Now to peruse is to ...
... effects or indications ; as , to read character in a face . To Peruse , the etymology of which is quite uncertain , meant formerly to observe closely and in detail . This might be the matter of some book or not . Now to peruse is to ...
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... effect . Short words require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo - 1 ...
... effect . Short words require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo - 1 ...
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... effect by its Harmony . pos- Clearness . Clearness requires that the parts of a sen- tence - words , phrases , and clauses - should be so arranged as to leave no possibility of doubt as to the author's mean- ing . Language is the medium ...
... effect by its Harmony . pos- Clearness . Clearness requires that the parts of a sen- tence - words , phrases , and clauses - should be so arranged as to leave no possibility of doubt as to the author's mean- ing . Language is the medium ...
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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