The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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Page 117
... gives clear sense in one aspect . For other senses it may be necessary to use that for to , or to insert conjunctions . II . COLLOCATION . The English syntax , being devoid of the aid that inflection would give in showing the relation ...
... gives clear sense in one aspect . For other senses it may be necessary to use that for to , or to insert conjunctions . II . COLLOCATION . The English syntax , being devoid of the aid that inflection would give in showing the relation ...
Page 289
... gives the reader time to realize the significance of the aphorism proposed at the beginning . 3. To give an idea its fitting and designed power ; that is , to give it a guise adapting it to act , according to its nature and pur- pose ...
... gives the reader time to realize the significance of the aphorism proposed at the beginning . 3. To give an idea its fitting and designed power ; that is , to give it a guise adapting it to act , according to its nature and pur- pose ...
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... give him a definite point of view , and give his criticisms an individual conviction and value . Criticism so determined is in the broadest sense interpretation of life , art , literature ; or , to adopt Matthew Arnold's definition , it ...
... give him a definite point of view , and give his criticisms an individual conviction and value . Criticism so determined is in the broadest sense interpretation of life , art , literature ; or , to adopt Matthew Arnold's definition , it ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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