The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... illustrate prevailing carelessness in retro- spective reference : " This is one of the most lifelike and telling portraits of Hawthorne that has ever appeared . " Here the writer seems to mean onc - that has appeared , ” while his real ...
... illustrate prevailing carelessness in retro- spective reference : " This is one of the most lifelike and telling portraits of Hawthorne that has ever appeared . " Here the writer seems to mean onc - that has appeared , ” while his real ...
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... illustrate this , perhaps , by an example that would scem , if any , to be careless of such a requisite , being an informal and popular production , - Lowell's essay " On a Certain Condescension in For- eigners . " The first word of the ...
... illustrate this , perhaps , by an example that would scem , if any , to be careless of such a requisite , being an informal and popular production , - Lowell's essay " On a Certain Condescension in For- eigners . " The first word of the ...
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... illustrate , as far as may be , one thing at a time ; an example may easily become confusing merely by being too complex .. Exposition by Analogy . - Analogy , by which is meant simi- larity of relation in diversity of subject , is ...
... illustrate , as far as may be , one thing at a time ; an example may easily become confusing merely by being too complex .. Exposition by Analogy . - Analogy , by which is meant simi- larity of relation in diversity of subject , is ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
Copyright | |
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