SENTENCES, WORDS, ARGUMENT.

Composition.

Sentences (pp. [200]-[234]).

  1. Definition and Classification.
  2. Principles of Structure.
    1. Unity.
    2. Mass.
      1. [xxv] Prominent Positions in a Sentence.
      2. Periodic Sentences.
      3. Loose Sentences.
    3. Coherence.
      1. Parallel Constructions.
      2. Connectives.

Words (pp. [235]-[256]).

Reputable Words.
Latin or Saxon Words.
General or Specific.
Figures of Speech.
The One Rule for the Use of Words.

Narration and Description Reviewed.

Exposition Reviewed.

Literature.

Argument (pp. [128]-[150]).

  1. Kinds of Argument.
  2. Order of Arguments.
  3. Refutation.

Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Addison.

The Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith.

Silas Marner. Eliot.

Ivanhoe. Scott.

Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare.

Conciliation with the Colonies. Burke.