section of a discourse

  • 1Discourse on ostentation — The discourse on ostentation, . The word translated trespass here is different from that occurring in the prayer, and the brief commentary is often considered to have been appended to the prayer in order to make it possible to smoothly return to… …

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  • 2King Follett discourse — The King Follett discourse is an address delivered by Joseph Smith, Jr., President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, on April 7, 1844, less than three months before Smith s assassination. The discourse was presented to a… …

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  • 3peroration — noun /pɛrɒˈreɪʃən/ a) The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman… …

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  • 4topic — noun Etymology: Latin Topica Topics (work by Aristotle), from Greek Topika, from topika, neuter plural of topikos of a place, of a topos, from topos place, topos Date: circa 1569 1. a. one of the general forms of argument employed in probable… …

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  • 5clause — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin clausa close of a rhetorical period, from Latin, feminine of clausus, past participle of claudere to close more at close Date: 13th century 1. a group of words containing a… …

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  • 6Exordium — can mean several things:* Exordium (rhetoric), in Western classical rhetoric is the introductory section of a discourse. * Surat Al Fatiha ( The Opening or The Exordium ), the opening chapter of the Qur an. * The Mass for the Feast of the Sacred… …

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  • 7paragraph — n. 1. Passage, clause, section of a discourse, sentence. 2. Item (as in a newspaper), remark, short notice …

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  • 8topic sentence — n. the principal sentence, setting forth the main idea and coming usually at the beginning, in a paragraph or section of a discourse, esp. of an expository nature …

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  • 9biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 10Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …

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