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Page 107
... style of this book . Is the style unnecessarily difficult ? Could the author have used simpler language to say the same things ? Does he " talk down " to his audience ? ( If so , where - and why do you think so ? ) Does he sometimes use ...
... style of this book . Is the style unnecessarily difficult ? Could the author have used simpler language to say the same things ? Does he " talk down " to his audience ? ( If so , where - and why do you think so ? ) Does he sometimes use ...
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... style for which I know not that the masters of oratory have yet found a name ; a style by which the most evident truths are so obscured that they can no longer be perceived , and the most familar propositions so disguised that they ...
... style for which I know not that the masters of oratory have yet found a name ; a style by which the most evident truths are so obscured that they can no longer be perceived , and the most familar propositions so disguised that they ...
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... styles , diction was to be suited to subject : the higher the subject , the loftier or more ornate the style . Thus poetry ( the highest form of writing ) on such a high subject as the love of a beautiful woman would naturally be full ...
... styles , diction was to be suited to subject : the higher the subject , the loftier or more ornate the style . Thus poetry ( the highest form of writing ) on such a high subject as the love of a beautiful woman would naturally be full ...
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Denotation and Connotation | 1 |
Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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