Two Years' Course in English CompositionGinn and Company, 1912 - 377 páginas |
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... coherence , —-whether of theme , paragraph , or sentence , — spelling , word formation , the use of the dictionary , and letter writing . Work on these essentials may be supplemented by such selections from Part Three as the teacher ...
... coherence , —-whether of theme , paragraph , or sentence , — spelling , word formation , the use of the dictionary , and letter writing . Work on these essentials may be supplemented by such selections from Part Three as the teacher ...
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... Coherent & R One day last summer I thought I would try to make some candy . It was a very hot day and all Sp the folks had gone visiting but I prefired to stay at I home and read After a while , however , I began to get tired and wanted ...
... Coherent & R One day last summer I thought I would try to make some candy . It was a very hot day and all Sp the folks had gone visiting but I prefired to stay at I home and read After a while , however , I began to get tired and wanted ...
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... ( coherence ) . Cap Use a capital . 1.c. Use a small letter ( lower case ) . 8 or O Omit . DECEM F G K Μ Р Pen Emphasis . Force . Make the sentence more forcible . Grammar faulty . Awkward , clumsy , stiff . Margin . Punctuation . Use a ...
... ( coherence ) . Cap Use a capital . 1.c. Use a small letter ( lower case ) . 8 or O Omit . DECEM F G K Μ Р Pen Emphasis . Force . Make the sentence more forcible . Grammar faulty . Awkward , clumsy , stiff . Margin . Punctuation . Use a ...
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Charles Lane Hanson. herent ; that is he second to the ve is coherent : max ; that is interest and nged in the se is properly d also . ruction , and the heading on page 33 would be same sub- the first ? I. The Fire I. The wild rush of ...
Charles Lane Hanson. herent ; that is he second to the ve is coherent : max ; that is interest and nged in the se is properly d also . ruction , and the heading on page 33 would be same sub- the first ? I. The Fire I. The wild rush of ...
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... coherence and emphasis , but in this chapter we are to become more familiar with them . When a paragraph has a ... coherence . A step toward unity is to exclude all details which do not have a bearing on the paragraph topic . ( See sect ...
... coherence and emphasis , but in this chapter we are to become more familiar with them . When a paragraph has a ... coherence . A step toward unity is to exclude all details which do not have a bearing on the paragraph topic . ( See sect ...
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active voice adjective adverb begin called choose clause coherence comma complex sentences composition correct criticize Dear dependent clause direct object emphasis English example EXERCISES explain exposition expression father following sentences girl give given high school INDICATIVE MOOD interest Ivanhoe kind look meaning mind morning Nagaina Nehushta never NOTE noun object oral outline participle passive voice past perfect Perfect Tense person phrases plural prepared preposition present perfect Present Perfect Tense pronoun punctuation pupil Rewrite Rip Van Winkle Robert Louis Stevenson sect securing selection singular sometimes speaker spelling story subjective complement subjunctive mood suggested syllable talk teacher tell tence thing thou tion topic sentence unity verb Washington Irving wish words Write a paragraph Write a theme Write sentences written
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Página 250 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent.
Página 185 - ... and weather-beaten), there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina.
Página 84 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 43 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers. When...
Página 273 - My plans That soar, to earth may fall. Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall " — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound.
Página 185 - I have observed that he was a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
Página 272 - You know, we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day ; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. ii Just as perhaps he mused " My plans " That soar, to earth may fall, " Let once my army-leader Lannes
Página 240 - Now Giant Despair had a wife, and her name was Diffidence ; so when he was gone to bed, he told his wife what he had done, to wit, that he had taken a couple of prisoners, and cast them into his dungeon for trespassing on his grounds. Then he asked her also what he had best to do further to them. So she asked him what they were, whence they came, and whither they were bound, and he told her.
Página 184 - In that same village, and in one of these very houses, (which, to tell the precise truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten,) there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple good-natured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle.
Página 40 - To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions.