In the next paragraph, why is Macaulay’s way better than this: “He was neither Puritan, free thinker, nor royalist”?
When a sentence is introduced by a participial phrase or a dependent clause it is in part or wholly periodic. Does Macaulay frequently use this introduction? What is the effect upon his style?
[233] Can you find examples of sentences beginning with a loose structure, and having within them examples of the periodic structure?
In the paragraph filling pages 79 and 80 there are many examples of periodic and parallel structure. Contrast this paragraph with some of Lamb’s paragraphs.
What is the effect of position upon the phrase, “Even in his hands,” on page 67?
When Macaulay inverts the order of a sentence does he usually do it for emphasis or to secure coherence?
Does he use many pronouns and conjunctions?
Does he repeat words?
BURKE’S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES.
(Riverside Literature Series, No. 100.)
How many sentences in the first paragraph are periodic?