The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... occasion , and gives it fullness and power . That is , there must be some dignity or distinction in the expression before we can begin to estimate it as style . By its style the thought is made to stand out as adapted to act upon men ...
... occasion , and gives it fullness and power . That is , there must be some dignity or distinction in the expression before we can begin to estimate it as style . By its style the thought is made to stand out as adapted to act upon men ...
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... OCCASION . THE foregoing classification of the types of prose diction has contemplated diction as it answers to the subject - matter and the writer's correspondent mood . It remains now to consider what characteristics diction , of ...
... OCCASION . THE foregoing classification of the types of prose diction has contemplated diction as it answers to the subject - matter and the writer's correspondent mood . It remains now to consider what characteristics diction , of ...
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... occasion . When the occasion itself is eloquent , then eloquence shows its genuineness by silence ; and it knows when homeliness and even bareness of statement works with the occasion to have power on men . 2. Eloquence does , however ...
... occasion . When the occasion itself is eloquent , then eloquence shows its genuineness by silence ; and it knows when homeliness and even bareness of statement works with the occasion to have power on men . 2. Eloquence does , however ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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