The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, from the Best American and English Writers : with Copious Rules for Reading and Directions ... |
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... sentence is some- times called a cadence , and properly speaking , there is a slight difference between it and the falling inflection , but for all prac- tical purposes they may be considered as one and the same . It is of some ...
... sentence is some- times called a cadence , and properly speaking , there is a slight difference between it and the falling inflection , but for all prac- tical purposes they may be considered as one and the same . It is of some ...
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... sentence necessarily closes with the rising inflection . Sometimes also , emphasis alone , seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding word . See exception to Rule II . Remark . As a sentence generally ends with the falling ...
... sentence necessarily closes with the rising inflection . Sometimes also , emphasis alone , seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding word . See exception to Rule II . Remark . As a sentence generally ends with the falling ...
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... sentence , if they do not conclude the sentence , are called commencing series . If , however , they close the sentence , they are called concluding series . Examples of concluding series . They passed o'er many a frozen , many a fiery ...
... sentence , if they do not conclude the sentence , are called commencing series . If , however , they close the sentence , they are called concluding series . Examples of concluding series . They passed o'er many a frozen , many a fiery ...
Contents
DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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Common terms and phrases
Absalom Ahimaaz Arth Babylon beautiful birds blessed boat bosom breath called cesura character child circumflex commenced consonants dark dear death deep Demosthenes ducats earth emphasis emphatic ERRORS ERRORS.1 eternity examples EXERCISES Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel genius give hand happy hath head heard heart heaven hour inflections marked Joab kind king LESSON liberty light live Lochiel look Lord mind mother nature never o'er paragraph Parse passed pause poetry poor praise pronounced pupil QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-1 reader Repeat rising inflection rocks Rule Rule II sentence ship Shylock sight smile Socrates soul sound SPELL AND DEFINE SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 spirit stanza sweet syllable Tell thee thing thought thousand thousand guineas tion tone unto utterance voice vowels William Reed wind wonderful words young