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... language is designed to serve the same end , especially when he is meeting the electorate face to face . Public education has progressed to the ... Language 71 sort of shorthand . 70 Diction The Clues of Unnecessarily Difficult Language.
... language is designed to serve the same end , especially when he is meeting the electorate face to face . Public education has progressed to the ... Language 71 sort of shorthand . 70 Diction The Clues of Unnecessarily Difficult Language.
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... language is unjustifiably complicated . If , on the other hand , conscientious effort has failed to simplify the language of the passage , the reader probably has proved that the difficult writing the author used was necessary , and he ...
... language is unjustifiably complicated . If , on the other hand , conscientious effort has failed to simplify the language of the passage , the reader probably has proved that the difficult writing the author used was necessary , and he ...
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... language , 82- 85 legal language , 274 literature , connotations in , 11 , 22-25 ; al- lusions to , 157–159 . See also tone long sentences , 225 , 233-234 loose sentences , 228 malapropisms , 60-61 metaphors , function of , 131-137 ...
... language , 82- 85 legal language , 274 literature , connotations in , 11 , 22-25 ; al- lusions to , 157–159 . See also tone long sentences , 225 , 233-234 loose sentences , 228 malapropisms , 60-61 metaphors , function of , 131-137 ...
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Denotation and Connotation | 1 |
Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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