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When three words or phrases open a sentence and are joined to a common verb ( a rhetorical device known as a periodic sentence ) , the sense of completion is accompanied by a feeling that a circle has been completed , a confusion ...
When three words or phrases open a sentence and are joined to a common verb ( a rhetorical device known as a periodic sentence ) , the sense of completion is accompanied by a feeling that a circle has been completed , a confusion ...
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Intonation refers to the patterns of pitch and stress in actual sentences of different grammatical structures as they are spoken . For example , a simple declarative sentence uses the three common pitch levels .
Intonation refers to the patterns of pitch and stress in actual sentences of different grammatical structures as they are spoken . For example , a simple declarative sentence uses the three common pitch levels .
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Beyond the natural and grammatical rearrangment of sentence elements , a convention of inversion is also in use as a rhetorical device . Words and phrases can be displaced from their normal order without loss of meaning and several ...
Beyond the natural and grammatical rearrangment of sentence elements , a convention of inversion is also in use as a rhetorical device . Words and phrases can be displaced from their normal order without loss of meaning and several ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
Copyright | |
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