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Abbott, E. A., 137. Abbreviations of months, 211. Accuracy in use of words, 180-183.
See under Correctness, Precision. Action in stories. See under Move- ment.
Adaptation to the reader, 8-11, 232- 234. See Preface, passim. Addition of details, for study of effects, 29, 30.
Address, of a letter, 212-213, 217, 228-
229, 230, 233; of a postal card, 222. Adjectives, study of. See Helps to
Study, passim; also under Words. Adverbs, adverbial phrases to suspend thought, 156; position of, 138-139. Advertisements, 224-228. Æsop, 32.
Ambiguity. See under Clearness, Ef- fectiveness, Precision.
American and British words, 172-173. American Monthly Review of Reviews, 319-320.
And and but, use of, 114-115. André, Major, 185–186.
Anecdote, successive reappearances of, 93-94; defined, 263; specimen of, 49. See Narration, passim. 'Angelus," study of Millet's, 105-106. Antecedent and pronoun, 137-138. Anticlimax, 159.
Antithesis, 158-159, 160. See under Contrast.
Argument, 325-346; distinguished, 207-208, 312-313, 326-327; nature of, 325-327; books about, 325; the proposition in, 328-331; point at issue in, 331-333; proofs in, 333- 339; brief in, 339-343; preparation for debate, 344-345; propositions for debate, 345–346. Arnold, Matthew, 198. Arrangement of material, 33-41; in
letters, 233; in narration, 247-248; in description, 278, 282, 284-288; in explanation, 316; in argument, 339- 343. See under Material. Arrangement of the paragraph, to se- cure mass, 110-113; to secure cohe-
rence, 113-116; to bind paragraphs together, 116-120.
Arrangement of parts of the sentence, to secure mass and emphasis, 140- 141; to secure coherence, 141-142; to secure periodic structure, 153- 157; to secure balanced and parallel structure, 157-161. See under An- tithesis, Balance, Climax, Mass, Parallel, Periodic. Article, use of, 138. Association of ideas, 69. Associations of words, 185-186, 189-191. Asterisks, use of, 361.
Atmosphere in stories, 261.
Audience, adaptation to, 8-11, 232-234. See Preface, A Word at the Start, passim.
Apostrophe, rules for sign of, 359-360. Austen, Jane, 243-245.
Authors. See under Literature, Poe- try, Reading.
Bacheller, Irving, 55–56.
Carpenter, G. R., 227, 248-249. Carter, W. S., 227.
Bain, Alexander, 114, 155. Also see Caudle, Mrs. See under Jerrold.
Central thought in description, 296–301.
Balanced structure in sentences, 157- Century Dictionary, 76, 351.
Baldwin, C. S., 290.
Bates, Arlo, 249, 327.
Beard, D. C., 24-25, 317-318.
Beard, L. and A. B., 318-319.
Beginning of a story, 261-263.
Betterton, Thomas, 154.
Change of structure in sentences. See under Variety.
Characters in narration, 242, 245, 248, 256-257; some common types of, 324.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 169, 171.
Choice of material. See under Selec- tion.
Bible, Ruskin's list of chapters, 55; Choice of subject, 3-5. See under Sub-
38, 144-145, 195, 200.
Big and little words, 187-193.
Binding paragraphs together, 116–120. See under Coherence.
Blouet, Paul (Max O'Rell), 54–55, 73. Body of a letter, 214. Brackets, rules for, 359.
Brevity in sentences, 138, 140. See
under Effectiveness, Emphasis, Vigor, Words.
Choice of words. See under Words. Chronological order, 33-41, passim, 247-248, 252-253.
Churchill, Winston, 50, 72.
Class exercises, 35, 38-39, 43-45, 90, 109, 120, 150, 254, 257, 258, 260, 262, 287, 310, 338-339, 343.
Clauses, subordination of, 150; for suspending thought, 155-156.
Brief in argument, 339-343; specimen Clearness, rules for, 137-139; of sen- brief, 340-343.
British and American words, 172–173. Brown, M. W., 63.
Browning, Robert, 198.
Buchanan, Robert, 198. Buck, G., 197.
Buck, G., and Woodbridge, E., 285-286. Bunner, H. C., 73. Burbage, 154.
Burke, Edmund, 22, 78, 120. Burroughs, John, 102, 296. Business letters, 218-222. Business transactions.
Writing, passim.
tence, 136-139; in explanation, 316- 317.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark
Twain), 299.
Climax, 159, 161.
Close of a letter. See under Conclu- sion.
Coherence, of paragraph, 113-116; of
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, edition of
Ancient Mariner, 44; 137, 153, 288. Colon, rules for, 353.
See Letter- Color in description, 310 (24); speci-
But and and, use of, 114-115. Byron, Lord, 199.
Comma, rules for, 355-357.
Comparison, construction of para-
graph by, 82-84, 85-93.
Complex sentences, 145-151.
Complication of plot, 252-253.
Capitals, rules for, 362; in title of Composition, value of, A Word at the
Caricature, study of, 56–57.
Start, passim. See under Oral,
Whole composition.
Compound sentences, 145-151.
Compound words, references for, 360.
Concluding paragraphs, 126-128. Conclusion, in explanation, 127-128; in narration, 262; of a letter, 214-216. Conditional thought, 155. Conjunctions, use of coördinate, 139. Connectives, used in contrast, 85; in paragraphs, 113-116; in sentences, 142; between paragraphs, 116-120; list of, 114-115.
clauses to suspend
Connotation of words, 185–186. Construction of paragraphs, 67-106; methods enumerated, 69; psy- chology of, 69; by definition, 70- 77; by reversion, 77-82; by com- parison, 82-84, 85-93; by contrast, 84-93; by example, 93-100; by restatement, 100-106. Contrast, construction of paragraphs
by, 84-93. See under Antithesis. Conversation in stories, 265-269; para-
graphing of, 55–56. Cook, A. S., 55.
Correction of school manuscripts, marks used in, 350-351. See Pref- ace, passim.
Declarative sentences, 143–145. Definition, construction of paragraphs by, 70-77; inaccuracy in, 75.
De Quincey, Thomas, 125. Derivation of words, 171-172; study in, 183. See under Synonyms. Description, 275-311; distinguished, 207-208; in situations in narration, 258; specimens of, 275-311, passim ; list of specimens of, 281; nature of, 282-284; two kinds of, 282-283: perception by sight, 284-288; diffi- culties of, 288-289; point of view in, 290-292; point of time in, 292- 295; central thought in, 296–301; rapid suggestion in, 301-303; value of specific in, 303-304; sensations other than of sight in, 304-307; ex-
Descriptive words, 276, 277, 303–304. Details, taking notes of, 11-14; gath-
ering, 26-27; selecting, 29-33; ar- ranging, 33-41; lists of, 32-33. See Helps to Study, passim; and under Arrangement of material, Material. Diagrams, in explanation, 317; of plots, 254.
Correctness of sentence, 134-135. See Dialect in stories, 270 (9).
Dialogue. See under Conversation.
See under Letter- Dickens, Charles, 142, 267, 267-268, 283,
Dictionaries, compared, 76; as records
Creative faculty, development of. See Dictionary, use of, 21, 70, 71, 75-76,
Debate, preparation for, 344–345; | Dunne, P. F. (Mr. Dooley), 81.
propositions for, 345-346; exer-
cises in, 338-339. See under Argu- Ease, assisted by coherence. See under ment. Coherence.
Echo, paragraph, 117-118. See under | Exclamatory sentences, 143–145.
Binding, Coherence. Edgeworth, Maria, 175. Edwards, Jonathan, 12. Effectiveness, rules for, 139-141; of sentence, 139-141; devices for, 141. See under Antithesis, Climax, Em- phasis, Mass, Vigor. Effect, description by, 309.
Effects in description, 276, 277, 278, 283, 293, 297, 298-300, 301, 303, 305–307, 309. Elegance in the use of words, 201-203. Elements of narration, 248-249. Eliot, George, 147, 252-253, 302, 337. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 20, 22, 84-85, 146, 200.
Emphasis in paragraphs, sentences, and words. See under Effective- ness, Mass, Vigor. Ending a story, 261-263. Engineering, explanation in, 317. English Dictionary, The New, 76. English language, standards of, 167- 180, passim; obsolete words in, 168-171; foreign words in, 171-172; localisms in, 172-176; disreputable words in, 177-180; American usage the standard of, 173.
Enumeration in description, 282-283, 296-297.
Envelope, superscription on, 217-218;
putting folded letter into, 218. Essay. See under Arrangement, Composition, Explanation, Outline, Theme, Whole composition. Essentials of the paragraph, 106-116; unity of paragraph, 106–110; mass of paragraph, 110-113; coherence of paragraph, 113-116. Essentials of the sentence, 134-143;
correctness of sentence, 134-135; clearness of sentence, 136-139; effec- tiveness of sentence, 139-141; co- herence of sentence, 141-142; unity of sentence, 142-143.
Experiences, one's own, as subject,
3-5, 6-7. See Preface, A Word at the Start, passim.
Explanation, 312-325; as basis of Chapters II and III, 69; distin- guished, 207-208, 312-313, 326–327; nature of, 312-315; methods of, 70-106, 315-317; exercises in, 317- 325; by definition, 70-77; by rever- sion, 77-82; by comparison, 82–84, 85-93; by contrast, 84-93; by ex- ample, 93-100; by restatement, 100-106. Exposition. See under Explanation. Expressiveness. See under Effective- ness, Vigor.
Fables, moral in, 263; specimen of, 32. See under Esop.
Fairy tales, plausibility in, 254; list of books, 254.
Familiar letters. See under Friendly. Familiar words, 189–191. Fiction, reality in, 86-87. See under Narration.
Figurative and literal words, 196-201. Figures of rhetoric, 197-201; test of,
197; references on, 197-198; similes, 198; metaphors, 198-199; faults of, 200-201.
First draft of theme, writing of, 41–44, 131-132, 151, 156, 161, 164, 347. See Preface, passim.
First person in narration, 264-265. Flaubert, Gustave, 18, 181. Fletcher, J. B., 248-249. Flynt, J., 177.
Folding a letter, 218; school manu- scripts, 349.
Force. See under Effectiveness, Mass, Vigor.
Foreign words in English, 171-172. Forms of discourse. See Part III. Franklin, Benjamin, 28-29, 33, 38, 84- 85, 146, 160, 248, 359.
Example, construction of paragraphs Friendly letters, 232-235.
Exclamation point, rules for, 357-358. Garland, Hamlin, 275–276, 279–281.
Gathering material, 16-27. See under
Gayley, C. M., and Scott, F. N., 198. General and specific words, 193-196. Gibbon, Edward, 91.
dent's. See Preface and A Word at the Start, passim.
Indorsing school manuscripts, 349. Infinitive, split (or cleft), 135. Instances. See under Example,
Good usage in words, 167-180. See Interrelation of paragraphs in the
under Usage.
Gore, W. C., 177.
Grammar, suggestions for review, 135, Preface, passim; and sentence structure, 133-135; as record of good usage, 168. See under Correctness. Grant, U. S., 112.
theme. See under Binding. Interrogation point, rules for, 358. Interrogative sentences, 143-145. Introduction, function of, 126-128; study of, 128; part of letter, 212- 213; in stories, 257-258, 261-263; in description, 289; in explanation, 126-127; in brief (argument), 340. Introduction, letter of, 226.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 13, 117, 117- Introductory paragraphs, 126–128.
118, 120-122, 165, 199, 261.
Heading of a letter, 211-212. Hearing in descriptions, 305-306. Hearn, Lafcadio, 278-279.
Helps to Study, 21, 29, 56-57, 59, 61- 62, 77, 105, 106, 122, 241-242, 245, 246-247, 276, 277, 278, 336,
Hewett, W. T. S., 322.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 16. Holmes, G. C. V., 68-69.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 64-65, 87, 92, 177-178, 198. Hubbard, Elbert, 62–63. Hugo, Victor, 91, 125.
Hundred Anecdotes of Animals, 49. Huntington, T. F., edition of Ancient Mariner, 44.
Huxley, Thomas H., 87-88. Hyphen, rules for, 360.
Ideas, association of, 69. Idioms and slang, 178-179. Imitation in writing stories, 269. Imperative sentences, 143-145. Implication of words, 185-186, 189-191. Impressions in description. See under Effects.
Inverted order, 140–141.
Invitations and replies, 230-232. Irving, Henry, 152, 154.
Irving, Washington, 56, 261, 276-277, 302.
Issue, point at (argument), 331-333. Italics, rules for, 361.
Jerrold, D. W., 145. Johnson, Samuel, 111-112, 159-160, 291-292.
Johnston, Mary, 80,
Junction, of paragraphs, 116-120; of sentences, 113-116; of parts of sen- tence, 141-142. See under Binding, Coherence,
Keats, John, 199, 200, 307. Kinds of sentences, 143-157.
Kinds of writing, the four, 207-208. See under Narration, Description, Explanation, and Argument. Kipling, Rudyard, 61, 91, 198, 245–246, 301, 319-320.
Koopman, H. L., 26.
Incidents, order of, 247-248. See un- Landor, Walter Savage, 91.
Indentation, of paragraph, 52, 53-56; of speeches in stories, 55-56; in school manuscripts, 348. Individuality, development of stu-
Language. See under English. Law, technical words in, 174. Leaders, use of, 361.
Legibility in school manuscripts, 348- 349.
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