The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative ExamplesGinn, 1894 - 488 strán (strany) |
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The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples John Franklin Genung Úplné zobrazenie - 1904 |
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adapted adverb alliteration amplification antecedent antithesis argument beauty called character clause clearness condensed construction coördinate course definition dénouement determined diction discourse distinction Don Francis Dutch Republic effect elements emotion employed English epithet essay EXAMPLES exposition expression fact feeling figure figure of speech George Eliot George Henry Lewes give habit hearer idea illustrate imagination important indicated instance intellectual interest invention kind language less literary literature logical Macaulay Matthew Arnold means ment merely Metonymy mind narration narrative natural needs NOTE object observed occasion paragraph passage phrase poetic poetic diction poetry present principle proposition qualities reader reference regarded relation relative clause requires rhetoric Saladin scene seek sense sentence significance simile skill sometimes speech story structure style subordinate suggestion Synecdoche taste tence theme things thought tion truth verb whole word-painting words writer
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