The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a General Treatise on Composition and Style: Instruction in English Composition, with Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art, Volumes 1-3 |
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... Language ; Personification ; Apos- trophe ; Hyperbole ; Comparison ; Metaphor ; Allegory ; Concise and Diffuse Style ; Nervous and Feeble Style ; Vehement Style ; Plain Style ; Neat Style ; Graceful Style ; Florid Style ; the Simple and ...
... Language ; Personification ; Apos- trophe ; Hyperbole ; Comparison ; Metaphor ; Allegory ; Concise and Diffuse Style ; Nervous and Feeble Style ; Vehement Style ; Plain Style ; Neat Style ; Graceful Style ; Florid Style ; the Simple and ...
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... HARMONY IN THE STRUCTURE OF SEN- TENCES 99 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN GENERAL • 113 PERSONIFICATION 118 APOSTROPHE • 129 HYPERBOLE 131 COMPARISON 134 METAPHOR 146 ALLEGORY 160 • THE CONCISE AND THE DIFFUSE STYLE 163 xii Contents of Part I.
... HARMONY IN THE STRUCTURE OF SEN- TENCES 99 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN GENERAL • 113 PERSONIFICATION 118 APOSTROPHE • 129 HYPERBOLE 131 COMPARISON 134 METAPHOR 146 ALLEGORY 160 • THE CONCISE AND THE DIFFUSE STYLE 163 xii Contents of Part I.
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... language . It differs from mere lan- guage or words . The words which an author em- ploys may be unexceptionable , yet his style may be chargeable with great faults ; it may be dry , stiff , feeble , affected . The style of an author is ...
... language . It differs from mere lan- guage or words . The words which an author em- ploys may be unexceptionable , yet his style may be chargeable with great faults ; it may be dry , stiff , feeble , affected . The style of an author is ...
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... language which we write ; in opposition to words and phrases which are imported from other languages , or which are obsolete , or new - coined , or used without proper authority . Pro- priety of style consists in the selection of such ...
... language which we write ; in opposition to words and phrases which are imported from other languages , or which are obsolete , or new - coined , or used without proper authority . Pro- priety of style consists in the selection of such ...
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... language , is the authorized , national , and present use of that language . Grammatical errors , foreign idioms , and obsolete or new - coined words , were mentioned as inconsistent with purity of style . It will not be improper to ...
... language , is the authorized , national , and present use of that language . Grammatical errors , foreign idioms , and obsolete or new - coined words , were mentioned as inconsistent with purity of style . It will not be improper to ...
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