Sanders' Young Ladies' Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive Course of Instruction in the Principles of Rhetorical Reading : with a Choice Collection of Exercises in Reading, Both in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of the Higher Female Seminaries, as Also, the Higher Classes in Female Schools Generally |
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In the falling inflection , the voice should not sink below the general pitch ; but in the rising inflection , it is raised above it . The two inflections may be illustrated by the following diagrams : imprudently ? prùdently . 1.
In the falling inflection , the voice should not sink below the general pitch ; but in the rising inflection , it is raised above it . The two inflections may be illustrated by the following diagrams : imprudently ? prùdently . 1.
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NOTE I.- When the direct question becomes an appeal , and the reply to it is anticipated , it takes the intense falling inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. William , did we not recite our lessons correctly ? 2. Can a more inconsistent argument ...
NOTE I.- When the direct question becomes an appeal , and the reply to it is anticipated , it takes the intense falling inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. William , did we not recite our lessons correctly ? 2. Can a more inconsistent argument ...
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Expressions of strong emotion , as of anger or sur prise , and also the language of authority and reproach , are expressed with the falling inflection . EXAMPLES . 1 Strike for your homes and liberty , And the Heavens you worship o'er ...
Expressions of strong emotion , as of anger or sur prise , and also the language of authority and reproach , are expressed with the falling inflection . EXAMPLES . 1 Strike for your homes and liberty , And the Heavens you worship o'er ...
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