Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a Progressive Course of Prose CompositionGinn, 1893 - 331 páginas |
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adjective adverb ambiguity antecedent antithe assertion beginning better called character clause clear common composition condensed connectives construction coördinate Correct the following definite dependent clauses discourse distinction element emphasis English equivalent essay EXAMPLES Exercises fact following sentences give grammatical idea idiom ILLUSTRATIONS important indicate indicative mood kind king language liable look Low Church matter means metonymy mind modifier naturally NOTES noun object observed paragraph participial phrase participle particular person phrase plural poetry possessive predicate preposition present pretentious principle pronoun prose provincialism punctuation question reader reference relative relative clause repeated repetition Rewrite the following Rhetoric Rule Rule 55 sense single word singular slang sometimes sound student style subjunctive mood subordinate subordinate clause superfluous T. B. Aldrich tence tense term things thought tion topic usage verb vulgarism whole writer
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Página 292 - But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or on the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and an immutability of purpose which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it.
Página 129 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Página 97 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.