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--_Place the, italicized words below in different positions,
and note the effect on the sound and the sense_:--
1. I _immediately_ ran out.
2. _Only_ one was left there.
3. She looked down _proudly_.
4. _Unfortunately_, this assistance came too late.
+Direction+.--_Construct on each of these subjects three sentences having
modified subjects and modified predicates_:---
For punctuation, see Lesson 21.
+Model+. ---- _clouds_ ----.
1. _Dark, heavy, threatening clouds are slowly gathering above_.
2. _Those, brilliant, crimson clouds will very soon dissolve_.
3. _Thin, fleecy clouds are scudding over_.
l. ---- ocean ----.
2. ---- breeze ----.
3. ---- shadows ----.
4. ---- rock ----.
5. ---- leaves ----.
+Direction+.--_Compose sentences in which these adverbs shall modify
verbs_:--
Heretofore, hereafter, annually, tenderly, inaudibly, legibly, evasively,
everywhere, aloof, forth.
+Direction+.--_Compose sentences in which five of these adverbs shall
modify adjectives, and five shall modify adverbs_:--
Far, unusually, quite, altogether, slightly, somewhat, much, almost, too,
rather.
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LESSON 16.
REVIEW.
TO THE TEACHER.--In all school work, but especially here, where the
philosophy of the sentence and the principles of construction are developed
in progressive steps, success depends largely on the character of the
reviews.


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