concrete illustration

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Even Booker Washington, most practical of Americans, proves the point, the distinguishing qualities of his speeches being anecdote and brilliant concrete illustration.

From The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

History.—In this concrete illustration we find ample justification for the teaching of history in the 279schools.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

The camp soon had a concrete illustration of the opinion the roughs held of themselves.

From Gold by White, Stewart Edward

One concrete illustration from Bernhardi clearly shows that the sentences above quoted are truly representative of his philosophy, and not unfair excerpts.

From The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)

Solid argument, clear method, and indisputable facts are necessary for the first purpose; vivid imagination, concrete illustration, and animated feeling are necessary for the second.

From Model Speeches for Practise by Kleiser, Grenville