Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , " O their dreadful end ! " or of a noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed ...
... person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , " O their dreadful end ! " or of a noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed ...
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... person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set off by cloth caps , which were drawn down aslant ...
... person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set off by cloth caps , which were drawn down aslant ...
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... persons that , though unscrupulous , are commonly good - tempered , and that , if not strongly incited by self- interest , are ready for the most part to think of the interest of their neighbors . " 6. Since " that " applies to both persons ...
... persons that , though unscrupulous , are commonly good - tempered , and that , if not strongly incited by self- interest , are ready for the most part to think of the interest of their neighbors . " 6. Since " that " applies to both persons ...
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... persons ; " which " for things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION . - Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce ...
... persons ; " which " for things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION . - Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce ...
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... persons seem to be preparing themselves for eternity . They seem to be preparing even in this life . They prepare for a smileless eternity . They look hopefully forward to this eternity . They prepare for it by banishing all gayety from ...
... persons seem to be preparing themselves for eternity . They seem to be preparing even in this life . They prepare for a smileless eternity . They look hopefully forward to this eternity . They prepare for it by banishing all gayety from ...
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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