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... antithesis .. § 74. ANTITHESIS DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED . By antithesis is meant the comparison of different things . This is a figure which possesses great energy and versatility , and owes its power to the effect of contrast . The ...
... antithesis .. § 74. ANTITHESIS DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED . By antithesis is meant the comparison of different things . This is a figure which possesses great energy and versatility , and owes its power to the effect of contrast . The ...
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... ANTITHESIS . The utility of antithesis to the writer is manifest for the fol- lowing reasons : 1. Because his ideas may be conveyed most vividly by the force of contrasted expression . 2. Because important words in this way receive the ...
... ANTITHESIS . The utility of antithesis to the writer is manifest for the fol- lowing reasons : 1. Because his ideas may be conveyed most vividly by the force of contrasted expression . 2. Because important words in this way receive the ...
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... antithesis . This will be fully discussed under its own head . § 77. ANTITHESIS COMPARED WITH PLAIN STATEMENT . The force of antithesis can be well tested by taking any pas- sage of literature and writing it in the antithetical form and ...
... antithesis . This will be fully discussed under its own head . § 77. ANTITHESIS COMPARED WITH PLAIN STATEMENT . The force of antithesis can be well tested by taking any pas- sage of literature and writing it in the antithetical form and ...
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PERSPICUITY IN WORDS SIMPLICITY 17 | xix |
PERSPICUITY IN WORDS CONTINUED PRECISION | 27 |
PERSPICUITY IN Words Continued Purity | 41 |
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