Theme-buildingScott, Foresman, 1920 - 562 pages |
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... effect . Every story told as a school composition will succeed in proportion as it prepares for that crisis and that change of fortune whether comic or tragic . C. THE FOUR " ELEMENTS " OF A STORY That interesting change in the fortunes ...
... effect . Every story told as a school composition will succeed in proportion as it prepares for that crisis and that change of fortune whether comic or tragic . C. THE FOUR " ELEMENTS " OF A STORY That interesting change in the fortunes ...
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... effect that , if the children were to live , food must be secured . Listening at the door between the two rooms of the cabin , the baby had heard that its mother was going away . He in- formed the other two in a loud voice . Then such a ...
... effect that , if the children were to live , food must be secured . Listening at the door between the two rooms of the cabin , the baby had heard that its mother was going away . He in- formed the other two in a loud voice . Then such a ...
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... effect . The purpose is what the amateur should imitate . ( See Chapter XXII , " The One Purpose . " ) He should always be intent upon whether he is constructing a plot , or stating how things really happened , or forming a picture , or ...
... effect . The purpose is what the amateur should imitate . ( See Chapter XXII , " The One Purpose . " ) He should always be intent upon whether he is constructing a plot , or stating how things really happened , or forming a picture , or ...
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... effect , does follow a time order . A reader is likely to feel some dissatisfaction or confusion unless he is carried along in a straight line of events . There are exceptions , and a practiced writer may know when a violation is safe ...
... effect , does follow a time order . A reader is likely to feel some dissatisfaction or confusion unless he is carried along in a straight line of events . There are exceptions , and a practiced writer may know when a violation is safe ...
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... effect . Since high - school authors are more familiar with stories than with any other form of composition , they will do well to apply their knowledge so far as possible in writing narration or description . It is often possible to ...
... effect . Since high - school authors are more familiar with stories than with any other form of composition , they will do well to apply their knowledge so far as possible in writing narration or description . It is often possible to ...
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Page 7 - I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man...
Page 231 - ... remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Page 112 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years.
Page 9 - He told him, that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, and in every company : to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in...
Page 207 - Peter, because flowers are dear in cold weather? You should find fault with the climate, and not with me. For my part, I'm sure, I wish it was spring all the year round, and that roses grew under our feet!
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Page 231 - Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice, and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff...
Page 112 - It was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment, without exposing my character to such censures as would have reflected dishonor upon myself, and given pain to my friends. " This, I am sure, could not, and ought not, to he pleasing to you, and must have lessened me considerably in my own esteem.
Page 7 - It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.
Page 215 - Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.