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... Importance of Context We were able to understand the general sense of the passage quoted from Bacon because some of the ... important words - nouns , verbs , and modifiers ) . What we see when we look at each of those vases includes not ...
... Importance of Context We were able to understand the general sense of the passage quoted from Bacon because some of the ... important words - nouns , verbs , and modifiers ) . What we see when we look at each of those vases includes not ...
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... importance of each word in context . If you will now read aloud the preceding sen- tences , you will hear how subtly your accentuation is modified , from word to word , by the sense itself . Keeping the all - important fact of sentence ...
... importance of each word in context . If you will now read aloud the preceding sen- tences , you will hear how subtly your accentuation is modified , from word to word , by the sense itself . Keeping the all - important fact of sentence ...
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... important element of the work to come - philosophical point of view , atmosphere , situation , important character . Each of the following passages introduces a well - known novel . After a careful reading , tell all you can infer from ...
... important element of the work to come - philosophical point of view , atmosphere , situation , important character . Each of the following passages introduces a well - known novel . After a careful reading , tell all you can infer from ...
Contents
One Denotation and Connotation | 3 |
Two Diction | 53 |
Three Patterns of Clear Thinking | 120 |
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