The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... passage whose words are predominantly Saxon with one that freely uses words of Classical deriva- tion . 1. In the first , from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , the almost pure Saxon . character is like the natural , unstudied ...
... passage whose words are predominantly Saxon with one that freely uses words of Classical deriva- tion . 1. In the first , from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , the almost pure Saxon . character is like the natural , unstudied ...
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... passage . -- EXAMPLES . — In the following passage the historic present is carelessly mixed with the past : " The Romans now turn aside in quest of provisions . The Helvetians mistook the movement for retreat . They pursue , and give ...
... passage . -- EXAMPLES . — In the following passage the historic present is carelessly mixed with the past : " The Romans now turn aside in quest of provisions . The Helvetians mistook the movement for retreat . They pursue , and give ...
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... passages where important points have to be made , passages of definition and discrimination , or on which much of the ... passage , from Car- dinal Newman : " Thought and speech are inseparable from each other . Matter and expression are ...
... passages where important points have to be made , passages of definition and discrimination , or on which much of the ... passage , from Car- dinal Newman : " Thought and speech are inseparable from each other . Matter and expression are ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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