Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... hear me ! " DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . Phrases introduced as modifiers may be preposi- tional , infinitive , participial , or adjectival . Prepositional Phrase . A preposition and its object ...
... hear me ! " DIRECTION . - Write sentences illustrating all the points made above . Phrases introduced as modifiers may be preposi- tional , infinitive , participial , or adjectival . Prepositional Phrase . A preposition and its object ...
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... hear them . They may be heard like a solemn undertone . It is like a solemn undertone to all the noises of the town . At midnight those successive shocks fall upon the ear . They produce a sensation of inexpressible solemnity . All else ...
... hear them . They may be heard like a solemn undertone . It is like a solemn undertone to all the noises of the town . At midnight those successive shocks fall upon the ear . They produce a sensation of inexpressible solemnity . All else ...
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... hear the cinder fall from the grate- [ adverbial clause of result ] . I could hear the clock tick in its obscure corner-- [ adverbial clause of result ] . I even fancied- [ something ] . I could distinguish the click - click of the ...
... hear the cinder fall from the grate- [ adverbial clause of result ] . I could hear the clock tick in its obscure corner-- [ adverbial clause of result ] . I even fancied- [ something ] . I could distinguish the click - click of the ...
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... hear of wars and commotions . 4. Strangers have wept when they have heard his deep and pas 、 sionate notes . 5. The Son of Man had no place where he might lay his head . 6. There is a time when one may dance . 7. Some men are foolish ...
... hear of wars and commotions . 4. Strangers have wept when they have heard his deep and pas 、 sionate notes . 5. The Son of Man had no place where he might lay his head . 6. There is a time when one may dance . 7. Some men are foolish ...
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... hear with patience the truths of the gospel ex- plained to them , you would think their acceptance of these truths cer- tain . * EXERCISE XXIII . DIRECTION . - Contract the following complex sentences into simple sentences , and tell ...
... hear with patience the truths of the gospel ex- plained to them , you would think their acceptance of these truths cer- tain . * EXERCISE XXIII . DIRECTION . - Contract the following complex sentences into simple sentences , and tell ...
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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