A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... person's style can reveal characteristics “ even of national peculiarity , or some marked feature of the age ” ( 1062 ) . Although Kellogg's view of style was not as far - reaching as Brown's , he may have been , to a certain extent ...
... person's style can reveal characteristics “ even of national peculiarity , or some marked feature of the age ” ( 1062 ) . Although Kellogg's view of style was not as far - reaching as Brown's , he may have been , to a certain extent ...
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... person , and ad- dress the absent , living or dead , or even objects that were always inanimate . An apostrophe is a ... persons , but are not ad- dressed ; objects apostrophize , whether already persons or made such by the figure , are ...
... person , and ad- dress the absent , living or dead , or even objects that were always inanimate . An apostrophe is a ... persons , but are not ad- dressed ; objects apostrophize , whether already persons or made such by the figure , are ...
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... persons . It may , indeed , deal with real men and women ; but , when it does this , does not claim to tell what they ... person reveals his peculiarities and paints himself - the picture being completed by the touches which the author ...
... persons . It may , indeed , deal with real men and women ; but , when it does this , does not claim to tell what they ... person reveals his peculiarities and paints himself - the picture being completed by the touches which the author ...
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addressed adjective clauses adverb clauses amphibrach Anglo-Saxon beauty begin Bring cæsura called comma complex sentences compound sentences dactyl denote dependent clauses Direction Direction.-Point Direction.-Write sentences discourse elegance energy English Grammar English Language expression feeling feet figure of speech foot give head heaven iambus imagery infinitive phrases intellect invention Kellogg kind learned letter literature living look loose sentence meaning metaphors metonymy metre mind modifiers nature never note the loss noun clauses object oration paragraphs participles perspicuity poem poet poetry points preceding Lesson predicate prepositional phrases prose punctuation pupil quality of style reader or hearer relation rhetorical value rhyme rhythm rhythm-accent scansion seen sense sentences containing sentences illustrating simple sentences speak species stand stream substituted syllable synecdoche teach tence things thou thought tion tongue topics trimeter trochee truth verb verse Whately wind words written