Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and Progressive Course of Prose CompositionGinn & Company, 1894 - 331 sider |
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Side iii
... exercises , both critical and constructive , designed to cultivate in progressive and systematic order the student's sense of the leading requisites of composition . While it may be premised that in plan and details alike the book is in ...
... exercises , both critical and constructive , designed to cultivate in progressive and systematic order the student's sense of the leading requisites of composition . While it may be premised that in plan and details alike the book is in ...
Side iv
... exercises , being in many respects a rather bold departure from what has hitherto been attempted , must of course await the verdict of actual use . In the first place , it will be observed that they are founded not on single rules , but ...
... exercises , being in many respects a rather bold departure from what has hitherto been attempted , must of course await the verdict of actual use . In the first place , it will be observed that they are founded not on single rules , but ...
Side vi
... exercises , but a large number of words and phrases in excess of this requirement ; the design being to make it complete enough to be a vade mecum for any writer in the locutions concerning which there is most liability of doubt or ...
... exercises , but a large number of words and phrases in excess of this requirement ; the design being to make it complete enough to be a vade mecum for any writer in the locutions concerning which there is most liability of doubt or ...
Side 15
... Exercises in fitting Words to Ideas . This is what the foregoing rules in their various ways involve ; whatever the source of the error , the real question is a question of accuracy , of finding the word that is exactly commensurate ...
... Exercises in fitting Words to Ideas . This is what the foregoing rules in their various ways involve ; whatever the source of the error , the real question is a question of accuracy , of finding the word that is exactly commensurate ...
Side 25
... Exercises in adapting Words to Reader . It is to be borne in mind that words are here separated into classes merely for purposes of study and drill , and that in actual use faults of different nature may be mixed WHAT IS DUE TO THE ...
... Exercises in adapting Words to Reader . It is to be borne in mind that words are here separated into classes merely for purposes of study and drill , and that in actual use faults of different nature may be mixed WHAT IS DUE TO THE ...
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adjective adverb alienism ambiguity antecedent archaism argument assertion beginning better called character Christmas clause clear common composition condensed confounded connectives construction coördinate correct definite dependent clauses distinction distinguished effect element emphasis emphatic English essay EXAMPLES Exercises expression fact following sentences give grammatical idea idiom ILLUSTRATIONS important indicated indicative mood kind language liable look means metonymy Michael Johnson mind modifier naturally NOTE noun object observed paragraph participial phrase participle particular periodic sentence person phrase plural poetry predicative matter preposition present pretentious principle pronoun prose provincialism punctuation question reader reference relation relative relative clause repeated repetition Rewrite the following Rhetoric Rule Rule 55 semicolon sense singular Sir Lancelot slang sometimes sound Study style subordinate subordinate clause superfluous syllogism tence tense term theme things thought tion tive topic usage verb vulgarism whole writer