Essays for College EnglishJames Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick D. C. Heath & Company, 1915 - 447 страница |
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... important problem is to grasp the one particular point which the author wishes to impress . If the reader understands this , he is at the very heart of the mystery , but if he misses it regardless of how many other minor ideas he may ...
... important problem is to grasp the one particular point which the author wishes to impress . If the reader understands this , he is at the very heart of the mystery , but if he misses it regardless of how many other minor ideas he may ...
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... important question , " Does the author really make his point ? " Many students take it for granted that , once a thing gets itself into print , it is neces- sarily true . Such an attitude bewilders the mind with a mass of undigested and ...
... important question , " Does the author really make his point ? " Many students take it for granted that , once a thing gets itself into print , it is neces- sarily true . Such an attitude bewilders the mind with a mass of undigested and ...
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... important ideas have been given the most emphatic places in the essay the beginning and the end . He should further question whether each idea has been given space pro- portional to its importance . If an important idea is hidden away ...
... important ideas have been given the most emphatic places in the essay the beginning and the end . He should further question whether each idea has been given space pro- portional to its importance . If an important idea is hidden away ...
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... important thing out of account the constitution of human nature . III . Humane letters will not long remain neglected because they satisfy the need which the vast majority of men feel for relating what they have learned and known to the ...
... important thing out of account the constitution of human nature . III . Humane letters will not long remain neglected because they satisfy the need which the vast majority of men feel for relating what they have learned and known to the ...
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... important ones are given the most important places ? B. Has he given each idea space proportional to its importance ? C. Has he expressed himself clearly , compactly , and felicitously ? 2. The criticism should be so written that it ...
... important ones are given the most important places ? B. Has he given each idea space proportional to its importance ? C. Has he expressed himself clearly , compactly , and felicitously ? 2. The criticism should be so written that it ...
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