The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples

adapted adverb alliteration antecedent antithesis argument beauty become called Cardinal Newman character clause clearness condensed conjunctions construction coördinate course definite diction discourse distinction Don Francis effect elements emotion emphasis employed English epithets essay euphony EXAMPLES expression fact feeling figure figure of speech give grammatical habit hearer idea illustrate imagination important indicated instance invention John Morley kind language less literary literature Macaulay manner Matthew Arnold means ment merely Metonymy mind narrative nature NOTE object Observe occasion oratory paragraph passage periodic sentence phrases poetic poetic diction poetry preceding present principle pronoun prose qualities reader reference relation relative relative clause repetition requires rhetoric seek sense sentence simile sometimes sound speech spirit statement structure style subordinate suggestion Synecdoche taste tences theme things thought tion truth verb Walter Bagehot whole word-painting words writer needs