Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... tion , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple ...
... tion , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the nature of the proposition introduced . The following examples will severally illustrate the simple ...
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... tion . " 18. The first band of emigrants sailed from England , November , 1633. This band consisted of about two hundred gentlemen . They possessed considerable rank and fortune . They professed the Roman Catholic faith . They had with ...
... tion . " 18. The first band of emigrants sailed from England , November , 1633. This band consisted of about two hundred gentlemen . They possessed considerable rank and fortune . They professed the Roman Catholic faith . They had with ...
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... tion . 5. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on the 17th of June . It was fought in the year 1775. It proved the bravery of the Americans . It was followed by great moral results . 6. Some persons seem to be preparing themselves for ...
... tion . 5. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on the 17th of June . It was fought in the year 1775. It proved the bravery of the Americans . It was followed by great moral results . 6. Some persons seem to be preparing themselves for ...
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... tion becomes a center of opinion , and therefore a man of real information becomes a center of action " - ( contraction in the subject and adjunct , and in the predicate ) . 3. " I come to bury Cæsar , not to praise him ” = “ I come to ...
... tion becomes a center of opinion , and therefore a man of real information becomes a center of action " - ( contraction in the subject and adjunct , and in the predicate ) . 3. " I come to bury Cæsar , not to praise him ” = “ I come to ...
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... taught the rules that apply specially to the punctua- tion of the compound sentence . See Chapter XVI . SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES . In combining detached statements into 40 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Synthesis of the Compound ...
... taught the rules that apply specially to the punctua- tion of the compound sentence . See Chapter XVI . SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES . In combining detached statements into 40 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Synthesis of the Compound ...
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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