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... characters . In such ways the stock character points up the patterns of human life rather than blurs them . But the ad writer , the propagandist , the demagogue , and the sentimentalist in general use the stock character to oversimplify ...
... characters . In such ways the stock character points up the patterns of human life rather than blurs them . But the ad writer , the propagandist , the demagogue , and the sentimentalist in general use the stock character to oversimplify ...
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... character , 76-77 stock character , 76-77 stock detail , 75-76 stream of consciousness , 25 , 219 stress : rhythmic , 183 ; see also emphasis subordination , 144-146 ; modification , 144- 146 ; subordinating conjunctions , 145 ...
... character , 76-77 stock character , 76-77 stock detail , 75-76 stream of consciousness , 25 , 219 stress : rhythmic , 183 ; see also emphasis subordination , 144-146 ; modification , 144- 146 ; subordinating conjunctions , 145 ...
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... character , 75-77 ; " utility vocabulary , " 102-103 ; clichés , 103 trochaic rhythm , 184 understatement as means ... character , 58- 59 ; writer's " character ” in fiction and poetry , 64-65 writing , kinds of in college , 226-227 ...
... character , 75-77 ; " utility vocabulary , " 102-103 ; clichés , 103 trochaic rhythm , 184 understatement as means ... character , 58- 59 ; writer's " character ” in fiction and poetry , 64-65 writing , kinds of in college , 226-227 ...
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