II. SUBJECTS FOR SHORT THEMES. A Straggling Fence. A Deserted House. An Old-Fashioned Garden. A Drove of Cattle. A Flock of Geese. A Proud Rooster. A Group of Giggling Girls. The Best Scholar in My Class. The Whittier Elm (or any historic tree). A Babbling Brook. A Meadow Brook. The Old Farm-Hand. A Bunch of Wild Flowers. The Old Pine. A Mischievous Boy. A Bed of Crocuses. A Good Romp. A Typical New England Farmer. An Old Fashioned Garden. A Ragged Child. A Tired Horse. An Old Well. A Corn Field. (In full ear.) (After harvest.) Eight O'clock on a Winter Morning. The Bells on Christmas Morning. The Sky on a Frosty Evening. A Well-to-Do Man's Table on Christmas. A Poor Man's Table on Christ mas. Preparations for Papering a Room. An Old Barn. An Old Bridge. Sounds on a Cold Winter Morning. A Coasting Scene. The Beach in Winter. (Deserted except for sea-gulls.) The Work of Jack Frost. A Rickety Fence in Winter. A Rickety Fence in Summer and Its Friends. A Study in Green. A Gust of Wind. A Dusty Day. A Lonesome Cricket. A June Day. My Favorite Author. My Favorite Character. My Idea of Perfect Bliss. My Heroine. From My Window. From My Piazza. A Mossy Bank. A Picturesque Wall. A Sunset. My Friend, the Hop-Toad. A Spring Gown. A Gay Girl. A Giddy Girl. A Smooth Pond. Den Rock in Winter. Snow-Covered Fields on a Sunny Morning. A Grove of Evergreens. A Pair of Red Mittens. The Night Before Christmas. A View from the Falls. (Up the river.) The Face I Know Best. A Corner of the Old Barn. A Piece of Coral. A Dollar Bill. A Portrait. The Common (or Park) at Night. My Bicycle, after a Collision. A Political Cartoon. A Pool of Water. An Old Tree. A Scraggly Apple Tree. A Clump of Pines. A Dreary Scene. Moving Shadows. (Cast by My Canary. A Tiger Skin (or any skin used for a rug). A Street Scene. A Street Corner. A Bit of Sunshine. A Spring Songster. A Calm Retreat. A Corner in the Orchard. A Queer Trick. A Bonfire (at night). Street Cries. My Most Intimate Friend. A Stray Dog (or cat). A Budding Maple Tree. A Green Field. An Observation of Ten Minutes. Up and Down the Brooks. A Modest Flower. A Bunch of Violets. A Typical New England House. A Row of Poplar Trees. A Snow Flurry. The Old Cart Horse. A Glimpse from a Car Window. A Hillside. My Old Reader. A Leafless Tree. A Forest of Pine Trees. A Frozen Swamp. An Old Grain Mill. A Moss-Grown Stone. A Tree after a Snow Storm. A Walk in the Shadows. An Exciting Experience. A Bit of Dialogue. A Study in Gray. Set in Silver. Every Cloud has a Silver Lining (or any other proverb). A Bit of Satire. A Bit of Humor. A Good Joke. Overheard in Passimg. A Glimpse into the Windows of a Passing Train. A Current Event. A Symphony in Color. A Sad Experience. A Desolate Scene. The North Wind Doth Blow. Zephyrs Gently Straying. Old Boreas. Ms. sp. p. SYMBOLS FOR USE IN CORRECTING THEMES. Sentence should or should not begin here. Fault in spelling. Fault in punctuation. Cap. Capital letter needed. 1. c. Λ gr. [ Use small letter instead of a capital. Caret. Something necessary to the thought or construction needed. Fault in grammar. Begin a paragraph here. No¶ Do not begin a paragraph here. K Obscure; not clear. Awkward, clumsy construction. quots. Quotation marks needed. Placed opposite the sentence means to recast the sentence. Some fault too obvious for comment. Dele=omit. X [ ] Omit part enclosed in brackets. WW. Use a better word. Æsop, 155. INDEX Addison, Joseph, 35, 86, 103. Adjectives, correct use of, 107, 108, 109; defined, 214; classified, 223, 224; inflection of, 241; syntax of, 246. Adverbs, correct use of, 107, 108, 109; defined, 214; classified, 229, 230; inflection of, 243; syntax of, 247. Analysis, 250. Apostrophe, 26, 256. Appendixes, 213–284. Arnold, Matthew, 62, 152. Bacon, Francis, 61, 68, 109. Brown, Dr. John, 92, 93. materials, 119; parts of, 119, Byron, Lord, 192. Campbell, Thomas, 89. Capitalization, 33, 34, 256-258. Classification of parts of speech, 219-232. Clauses, correct use of, 183, 186; defined, 214; exercises, 187, 188; classified, 218. Clearness, 6; by distinguishing Comma, The, 20; exercises in Conjunctions, defined, 214; clas- Cowper, William, 31. Dash, The, 254. Eliot, George, 153, 176. Emerson, Ralph W., 24, 61. Endorsement of Mss., 4. Exclamation Point, The, 254. |