—George W. Curtis
In this example the positive statement that the heroes “fell and were buried” requires the falling inflection, while the negative one that “they never can die” should be given the rising inflection in order to mark the contrast.
parenthesis
What is a parenthesis? A parenthesis is a secondary idea that is interjected into a main idea in order to amplify or explain it; as,
He who has a memory that can seize with an iron grasp and retain what he reads—the ideas, simply, without the language, and judgment to compare and balance—will scarcely fail of being distinguished.
—John Todd
The main idea is, “He who has a memory that can seize with an iron grasp and retain what he reads, will scarcely fail of being distinguished”; the secondary, or parenthetical, idea being, “the ideas, simply, without the language, and judgment to compare and balance.” This is a long and important parenthesis. It contains two thoughts, “the ideas, simply, without the language,” “and judgment to compare and balance,” which materially amplify the main thought and at the same time qualify it.
What is the use of the parenthesis? It is of great use to the extempore speaker in that it permits him, after he has started his sentence, to explain or amplify his thought before coming to a conclusion; as,
A whole family, just, gentle and pure, were thus, in their own house, in the night time, without any provocation, without one moment’s warning, sent by the murderer to join the assembly of the just.
—William H. Seward