Illustrate from this extract the general principle that incompleteness is expressed by means of the Rising, and completeness by means of the Falling Inflection.
Par. 1. For neither in war nor yet at law ... death. Explain the Inflection placed on this negative statement. Give a similar example from Par. 2.
I must abide by my award ... let them abide by theirs. Explain the opposite Inflections on antithetical words and phrases. If one part of the antithesis is a negation, what is the Inflection? (Introduction, pp. [19] and [20].) Give examples from Par. 2.
I am old and move slowly ... wrong. Explain the Emphasis in these sentences. Which one of a pair of contrasted words is necessarily emphatic? Give examples from this and the following paragraph, in which both are emphatic, and explain why. (Introduction, pp. [30]-32.)
Par. 4. Explain the Inflection on the questions. (Introduction, pp. [18] and [19].)
What clauses in this paragraph are really parenthetical in force? How does the voice subordinate them? Give similar examples from other paragraphs. (Introduction, pp. 24 and 25.)
HIGHLAND HOSPITALITY
From "The Lady of the Lake"