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... figures of speech. The most frequent and most use- ful are similes and metaphors. Similes first. Similes A simile is a brief comparison, usually introduced by like or as. The preposition like is used ... found sea- 3 08 DICTION Dillard. For instance one philosopher discusses the style of another like this: The style is not, as philosophic style should be, so transparent a medium that one loo...

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... words but varies it in the concluding phrase. Intonational rhythm coexists with syllabic. Thus Tennyson&apos ;s lines also show an almost perfect alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables: X ... mission. Samuel Hopkins Adams Both of those passages consist chiefly of short, simple sen- tences. The first uses them poorly, the second effectively. Where does the difference lie? The firs...

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... possessive of names containing several syllables if it would result in an awk- ward combination of sounds: Jesus' ministry NOT Jesus&apos ;s ministry Xerxes' army NOT Xerxes&apos ;s ... -&apos ;s: anyone&apos ;s, anybody&apos ;s, someone&apos ;s, everyone&apos ;s, and so on The predicative possessive forms of the personal pronouns, however, do not use an apostrophe: mine, yours,...

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... herbs. A huge man, fat as Silenus, daintily binds bunches for soup, while his wife quarters cabbages, ties smaller bundles of thyme, parsley, green onions, small hot peppers and sweet pimentos ... listings without Roget&apos ;s categories. Besides the various Roget&apos ;s, there are other thesauri on the market: The Random House Thesaurus (Random House); Webster&apos ;s Collegiate Thesauru...

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... it. BETTER: She will show us how to do it. He becomes self-conscious to the extent that he withdraws into himself. BETTER: He becomes so self-conscious that he withdraws into himself. Pointlessness Pointless ... Muir I don't mean to suggest that Segal is as gaga as this book [Love Story]—only that a part of him is. Pauline Kael Pretentiousness Pretentiousness is using big words to no...

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... is spoken relatively loudly, an unstressed one more softly. Stressed syllables are marked by /, unstressed by x, as in above. A metrical run consists of a number of stressed and unstressed syllables ... by its diversion of purpose and its qualified success, by its grotesque transitions from sublimation to base necessity and its pervasive stress towards flight, a comedy. H. c. Wells These are...

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... They show the cultural features such as states, towns, parks, and roads, especially paved roads. They show also natural features, such as rivers and lakes, and sometimes moun- tains. As simple ... terms classification and class several times.) Speaking strictly, anal- ysis and classification are not identical. The first begins with the general and works into particulars; the second starts ......

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... in Soviet Russia. Russell&apos ;s nine sentences correspond to his steps in analyz- ing his topic: Sentence Idea Topic: increasing intellectual complexity Plan: list several causes First cause: ... chapter. Comparison and Contrast Focusing Because they involve at least two subjects and offer several possibilities of emphasis, comparison and contrast pose prob- lems of focus. For one thing, y...

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... writer&apos ;s job is assisting readers in following the organization. It can be done in two ways, which are often used together. One is by sign- posts—words, phrases, sentences (occasionally even a short paragraph) ... Subject In most cases a limiting sentence or clause must follow the announcement of the subject. Few essays (or books, for that matter) discuss all there is to say; they tr...

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... papers or busi- ness letters. Which is not to dismiss such writing as easy. Being clear and concise is never easy. (To say nothing of being interesting!) But at least the writing process is structured ... types of sen- tences, building paragraphs. Style is the result of strategy, the language that makes the strategy work. Think of purpose, strategy, and style in terms of increasing abstractne...

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