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Page 20
... construction . Skill in speaking and writing come not by application of rhetorical devices , but by a full , active , and versatile life . The metaphor is a good rhetorical instrument , but it must be born in the writing and not made ...
... construction . Skill in speaking and writing come not by application of rhetorical devices , but by a full , active , and versatile life . The metaphor is a good rhetorical instrument , but it must be born in the writing and not made ...
Page 23
... timent of the discourse under construction . In a particular case , the writer must keep in advance of his reader . He may have to raise himself to the full height of his ability to do so ; or he THE PURPOSE IN DISCOURSE . 23.
... timent of the discourse under construction . In a particular case , the writer must keep in advance of his reader . He may have to raise himself to the full height of his ability to do so ; or he THE PURPOSE IN DISCOURSE . 23.
Page 45
... construction of the theme out of the elements pre- sented . Hence , to interpret with efficiency one must keep the imagination and the judgment intently active relating into one idea all the others . The difference between readers is ...
... construction of the theme out of the elements pre- sented . Hence , to interpret with efficiency one must keep the imagination and the judgment intently active relating into one idea all the others . The difference between readers is ...
Page 63
... construction or of its interpretation under the law of adaptation and design . In any field of labor man has only to design and adapt . All things are organized under ends sought ; and there is always assumed a supreme end which ...
... construction or of its interpretation under the law of adaptation and design . In any field of labor man has only to design and adapt . All things are organized under ends sought ; and there is always assumed a supreme end which ...
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... II . As made up of parts . I. - Analysis into parts by the laws of partition . 2. Synthesis of parts by the foregoing attributes . THE PROCESS ILLUSTRATED . Construction . Suppose we choose for 80 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
... II . As made up of parts . I. - Analysis into parts by the laws of partition . 2. Synthesis of parts by the foregoing attributes . THE PROCESS ILLUSTRATED . Construction . Suppose we choose for 80 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
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