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... rising inflection , is marked by the acute acent , thus , ( ) ; and in this case the voice is to slide upward ; as , Did you call ? Is he sick ? The downward , or falling inflection , is marked by the grave accent , thus , ( ) ; and ...
... rising inflection , is marked by the acute acent , thus , ( ) ; and in this case the voice is to slide upward ; as , Did you call ? Is he sick ? The downward , or falling inflection , is marked by the grave accent , thus , ( ) ; and ...
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William Holmes McGuffey. Sometimes both the rising and falling inflection are given to the same sound . Such sounds are designated by the circumflex , thus , ( - ) or thus ( A ) . The former is called the rising circumflex ; the latter ...
William Holmes McGuffey. Sometimes both the rising and falling inflection are given to the same sound . Such sounds are designated by the circumflex , thus , ( - ) or thus ( A ) . The former is called the rising circumflex ; the latter ...
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... rising inflection ? Give an example . How , in the falling inflection ? Give an example . How are these inflections marked ? Define the circumflex . The monotone . Give an example of each . FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I. - Sentences and ...
... rising inflection ? Give an example . How , in the falling inflection ? Give an example . How are these inflections marked ? Define the circumflex . The monotone . Give an example of each . FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I. - Sentences and ...
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... rising inflection , even though the sense should be com- plete . See Rule VI . EXCEPTION 4. - Emphasis . See Rule II , and Article on Emphasis and Inflection , page 43 . RULE II . The language of emphasis generally re- quires the ...
... rising inflection , even though the sense should be com- plete . See Rule VI . EXCEPTION 4. - Emphasis . See Rule II , and Article on Emphasis and Inflection , page 43 . RULE II . The language of emphasis generally re- quires the ...
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... rising inflection is generally used . REMARK . Wherever there is a pause of any kind while the sense is incomplete , unless the falling inflection is required by emphasis or some other principle , the rising inflection is almost ...
... rising inflection is generally used . REMARK . Wherever there is a pause of any kind while the sense is incomplete , unless the falling inflection is required by emphasis or some other principle , the rising inflection is almost ...
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Common terms and phrases
1st Capt 1st Sold 2d Capt Antiparos arms beauty Boabdil Boskos bosom breath bright Brutus Cæsar cesura circumflex clouds dark dead death deep dream earth emphasis EXAMPLES eyes face falling inflection father fear fire friends give grave hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hope hour Iago Ivanhoe king La Fayette land live look Lord mighty mind Morar morning murmur nature Nelly Gray never night noble o'er passed pause peace poor Rebecca replied rienced rising inflection roar Robert Raikes rock round scene silence sleep smile sorrow soul sound South Carolina speak spirit stars stood storm stranger sweet sword tapestry of national tears tell tempest thalers thee thine thing THOMAS HOOD thought thunder tone Tonga trembling unto voice waters waves wind wings words young