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... expressional point of view . We know , for instance , that there is such a thing as a declarative sentence , or a sentence concerned with a de- clarative statement ; such as , John threw the ball , in which the voice is used on one ...
... expressional point of view . We know , for instance , that there is such a thing as a declarative sentence , or a sentence concerned with a de- clarative statement ; such as , John threw the ball , in which the voice is used on one ...
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... expressional classi- fication is the imperative sentence , which name again in- dicates the tone of voice that is commonly used in uttering it ; to illustrate : John , give me the ball . Usually a sterner , more commanding voice is ...
... expressional classi- fication is the imperative sentence , which name again in- dicates the tone of voice that is commonly used in uttering it ; to illustrate : John , give me the ball . Usually a sterner , more commanding voice is ...
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... expressional types . The Loose Sentence . In the following sentence , however , we notice a somewhat different relation : I found my mother ill this morning when I reached home . In this sentence we find no fewer than three places where ...
... expressional types . The Loose Sentence . In the following sentence , however , we notice a somewhat different relation : I found my mother ill this morning when I reached home . In this sentence we find no fewer than three places where ...
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... Expressional . III . Rhetorical . 1. Simple . 2. Compound . 3. Complex . 4. Compound - complex . 1. Declarative . 2. Interrogative . 3. Imperative . 4. Exclamatory . ( 1. Balanced 2. Loose . 3. Periodic . EXERCISES ( Parallel ) . I ...
... Expressional . III . Rhetorical . 1. Simple . 2. Compound . 3. Complex . 4. Compound - complex . 1. Declarative . 2. Interrogative . 3. Imperative . 4. Exclamatory . ( 1. Balanced 2. Loose . 3. Periodic . EXERCISES ( Parallel ) . I ...
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... expres- sional forms as much as possible in order to escape condem- nation for monotony . ― Summary . Finally , mastery of the sentence , in all of the different departments which we have discussed , can be summed up in one general ...
... expres- sional forms as much as possible in order to escape condem- nation for monotony . ― Summary . Finally , mastery of the sentence , in all of the different departments which we have discussed , can be summed up in one general ...
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action adjectives adverbs Alhambra argument BATTLE OF TRENTON beginning Brief Proper business letters Cæsura called chapter character clause Coherence complete complex sentence complimentary closing composition compound compound sentence Compound-complex Sentences connection course definite denotes dependent clause Dora Keen Emphasis English explain Exposition expression expressional eyes Freckles give hand head Heptameter iambic pentameter ideas illustrate important indicate John kind letter Lochinvar look means method mind morning Mount Blackburn narration narrative natural never night noun Outline and write paragraph person phrases picture plot pronoun proposition purpose question rhyme rule scene seen simple sentence Soapy speak speech stand story street SUMMARY EXERCISES syllables tell tence things tion topic sentence trimeter Unity usually verb verses whole words
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Page 192 - That feelingly persuade me what I am. Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Page 395 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur: They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 183 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 271 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Page 322 - DURING THE WHOLE OF a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
Page 505 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 377 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried ' Help me, Cassius, or I sink...
Page 397 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Page 305 - Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted by those brought up to tread therein.
Page 506 - If discord and disunion shall wound it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint — shall succeed...