Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we ...
... sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we ...
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... sometimes unadvisable to use " that " as a relative . Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . " 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition ...
... sometimes unadvisable to use " that " as a relative . Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . " 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition ...
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... sometimes a pecul- iar feeling . The feeling tells of the necessity of our loving the crip- pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need ...
... sometimes a pecul- iar feeling . The feeling tells of the necessity of our loving the crip- pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need ...
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... sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the ...
... sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the ...
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... sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing ...
... sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing ...
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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