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... phrases ? [ Harbrace 1d ] 2. Explain how the phrase beginning " some handed on . . . " functions grammatically in the last sentence of paragraph 7. What rhetorical effect does the phrase have ? [ Harbrace 1d ] 3. In the third sentence ...
... phrases ? [ Harbrace 1d ] 2. Explain how the phrase beginning " some handed on . . . " functions grammatically in the last sentence of paragraph 7. What rhetorical effect does the phrase have ? [ Harbrace 1d ] 3. In the third sentence ...
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... phrase , " having learned to be garden - proud before they could walk . " What does this phrase modify ? Try writing the sentence differently , using a subordinate clause rather than the participial phrase . What is the difference in ...
... phrase , " having learned to be garden - proud before they could walk . " What does this phrase modify ? Try writing the sentence differently , using a subordinate clause rather than the participial phrase . What is the difference in ...
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... phrase ( " time and chance " ) that could be called vague . The second contains not a single fresh , arresting phrase , and in spite of its ninety syllables it gives only a shortened version of the meaning contained in the first . Yet ...
... phrase ( " time and chance " ) that could be called vague . The second contains not a single fresh , arresting phrase , and in spite of its ninety syllables it gives only a shortened version of the meaning contained in the first . Yet ...
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American ANALYZING THE ELEMENTS Annie Dillard appear audience Beatles begin birds called capital punishment causes clause comma course cowboy death penalty Effective Sentences ELEMENTS Grammar English example Explain eyes feel fifth sentence folklore football fourth sentence fried chicken grammatical function H. L. Mencken Harbrace 20a(2 Harbrace 33c human ideas John Lennon kind knew language last sentence lepers living look meaning Mencken migraine mother Negro never nonviolent resistance nuclear Nuclear Winter paragraph 9 person phrase play problem Punctuation and Mechanics purpose reader Reprinted by permission Santa Claus second sentence semicolon sentence of paragraph sound Spelling and Diction student SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING tarantula tell things third sentence tion Tollund University verb voice W. S. Merwin warts wasp WHOLE ESSAY words Write an essay Yoko