Elements of English Composition

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BoD – Books on Demand, 17 juin 2023 - 408 pages
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
 

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tion c
13
Additional examples for the use of capital letters c
14
Parts of speech The Noun
18
Nouns Their number gender case
19
Nouns Their cases
24
Pronouns Personal Pronouns
26
Pronouns Compound personal relative etc
29
Adjective Pronouns or Pronominal Adjectives 82
32
The metaphor
243
The allegory
246
Hyperbole
249
Personification
251
Apostrophe
253
The vision or hypotyposis
255
The metonymy
257
The synecdoche or comprehension
259

Adjectives Degrees of quality expressed 87
37
The Article Proper and improper use of it 89
39
The Verb Classes of Verbs
44
Auxiliary Verbs Erroneous use of them
47
Intransitive Verbs Erroneous use of them
51
Irregular Verbs Erroneous use of them
53
Verbs The proper use of the subjunctive mood
55
Verbs Proper and improper use of certain tenses and moods
58
Verbs The proper use of number and person
61
Verbs The infinitive mood
66
Participles 08
68
Spelling of derivative and compound words
104
The predicate of a sentence
117
Sentences Simple and compound
123
Punctuation The comma
131
LESSON PAGE 52 Punctuation Remaining marks 187
137
Sentencebuilding
140
Sentences varied in structure
141
Sentences varied in structure
142
Sentences varied by abridgment and omission of clauses
143
Equivalent modes of expression
144
Sentences varied by transposition of words and clauses
145
Sentences constructed from given words
147
Nonperiodic and periodic sentences
149
Formation of periodic sentences
151
Choice between nonperiodic sentences and a periodic sentence
153
Grammatical purity of diction
155
Purity of diction
158
Simplicity of diction
162
Propriety of expression
166
Propriety of expression
168
Propriety of expression
170
Precision of expression
173
Precision of expression
175
Precision of expression
177
Precision of expression Synonyms
180
Precision of expression Synonyms explained and illustrated
182
1 Punctuation Period interrogation and exclamation points
185
Precision of expression Use of synonyms
187
Synonyms continued
189
Synonyms continued
191
Additional synonyms
194
Synonyms continued
196
Precision of expression
200
Clearness in the structure of sentences
201
Clearness in the structure of sentences
205
Clearness in the structure of sentences
207
LESSON PAGH 84 Clearness in the structure of sentences
210
Unity in the construction of sentences and paragraphs
211
Strength and vivacity of expression
213
Strength in the structure of sentences
215
Vivacity of expression
218
The harmony or melodious structure of sentences
220
The harmonious structure of sentences
223
Clear and harmonious construction of the periodic sentence
225
Clear and harmonious structure of the periodic sentence
227
The simple or natural style
230
The elegant style The sublime style
232
Materials of thought and expression The formation of style 284
238
The simile or comparison
240
The antonomasia
260
The irony
261
The euphemism litotes and communication
263
The climax or gradation
264
The antithesis or contrast
266
Anticipation Correction Omission Concession Expos tulation or communication Dubitation
269
Enumeration Accumulation Asyndeton etc
270
Practical exercises on enumeration and other figures of the preceding lesson
273
ARESON PAGE 114 The interrogation The exclamation
274
Exercises on exclamation and interrogation
276
Parenthesis Analepsis Apposition
278
Exercises on the figures in the preceding lesson
280
Hyperbaton Anacoluthon Aposiopesis
281
Repetition and redundancy
282
The alliteration
283
Correction of faulty metaphorical language
285
Exercises on metaphorical language
287
Elementary exercise in original composition
291
Change of poetry into prose
292
Improving the style of old authorsand abridging modern authors
295
Translations and paraphrase
296
Sources of illustration
298
Additional sources of illustration 800
300
Descriptive writing 801
301
Questions suggestive of ideas for description 803
303
Narrative composition 805
305
Personal subjects 809
309
Biography 811
311
Historical composition travels novels 812
312
Letterwriting Rules for it 814
314
Additional rules for letterwriting Specimens 815
315
Essays dissertations etc 824
324
Topics suggestive of ideas 826
326
Topics suggestive of ideas
329
The oration or discourse
339
Aids in argumentative writing 841
341
Aids in argumentative writing 849
349
Reasoning from examples
350
Reasoning from analogy comparison and contrast
352
Reasoning by fables and proverbs
353
Descriptive and interrogative reasoning 855
355
Laws of argumentative writing 857
357
Sermonwriting 858
358
The writing of poetry 860
360
Versification 861
361
Poetical pauses
368
Rules for the principal or cæsural pause 869
369
Rules for final pauses 871
371
Accents in verse
373
Imperfect rhymes 875
375
Blank verse 878
378
Preliminaries to versification 879
379
Versification continued 882
382
Etymological and syntactical figures 885
385
Poetic language and construction
386
Narrative poetry
390
Lyric poetry 892
392
Descriptive poetry 898
393
Subjects for Composition 895
395
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Expressions et termes fréquents

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Informations bibliographiques

TitreElements of English Composition
AuteurJames Boyd
ÉditeurBoD – Books on Demand, 2023
ISBN3368827596, 9783368827595
Longueur408 pages
  
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