INDEX
(The numerals refer to pages.)
I. SUBJECTS TREATED
Advertisements, [135].
Appeals, [133].
Argument, general principle of, [214];
the introduction, [215];
the reasons, [217];
the outline, [220];
the plea, [221];
other forms of, [221].
Autobiography, [140].
Biography, [142].
Clause, defined, [4];
dependent or subordinate, [4];
independent or principal, [5].
Condensation, [67];
method in, [71].
Description, observation necessary in, [155];
general scientific description, [158];
specific scientific, [162];
use of technical terms in, [163];
literary description, [164];
of people, [169];
longer description, [172];
description of conditions, [174];
by contrast, [176];
of events, [177];
picture making of scenes of action, [179];
description of travel, [182];
descriptions of an hour, [185].
Diary, value of, [106];
contents of, [107];
imaginary diaries, [109];
class diaries, [109].
Expansion, [78];
purpose of, [79].
Exposition, general principles of, [199];
explanation of a material process, [201];
of games, [204];
of abstract ideas, [208];
by example and comparison, [208];
by repetition, [210];
by contrast, [211];
by a figure of speech, [211].
Figures of speech, [59].
History, [144].
Invitations, formal, [122].
Letters, various kinds of, [112];
friendly, [113];
of social intercourse, [119];
formal invitations, [122];
telegrams, [123];
business letters, [125].
Metaphor, [59].
Narration, essentials of a good narrative, [137];
autobiography, [140];
biography, [142];
history, [144];
plain reporting of facts, [150];
conversation, [152];
travel, [182];
historical stories, [188];
fictitious stories, [191];
the beginning of a narrative, [193];
the ending, [196];
the body, [197].
Notices, [130].
Oral composition, [102].
Outlines, [92], [98], [220].
Paragraph, defined and described, [29];
beginning of or topic sentence, [30];
unity in, [35];
body of, [37];
too many paragraphs, [41];
end of paragraph or summary sentence, [42];
arrangement in a whole composition, [96].
Paraphrase, [80], [84].
Petitions, [134].
Phrase, defined, [4].
Pronunciation, [104].
Punctuation, [246].
Quotations, how punctuated, [44], [259].
Secretarial work, [225].
Sentence, distinguished from phrase and clause, [4];
simple, complex, and compound, [7];
variety in the use of sentences, [14], [19];
length of, [14];
periodic, [17];
loose, [18];
bad, [21], [22], [23], [25];
"comma" sentence, [22];
with and without unity, [23];
formless, [25].
Simile, [59].
Slang, [63].
Spelling, [62].
Synonyms, [53].
Telegrams, [123].
Travel, [182].
Unity, in sentences, [23];
in paragraphs, [35];
in whole compositions, [97].
Versification, [234].
Vocabulary, size and character of English, [50];
increasing one's vocabulary, [50].
Whole composition, [88];
outline of, [92], [98], [220];
arrangement of paragraphs in, [96];
essentials of, [97];
how to plan a, [98].
Words, [49];
vocabulary, [50];
synonyms, [53];
choice of words, [55];
accuracy in the use of, [58];
errors in the use of, [62].
II. ILLUSTRATIVE EXTRACTS
Addison, Joseph, The Spectator, [209], [212].
Ames, Azel, How the Pilgrims Came to Plymouth, [144].
Baldwin, James, A Story of the Golden Age, [30].
Bryant, William C., To the Fringed Gentian, [158].
Buckley, Arabella, Fairyland of Science, [70].
Burroughs, John, Locusts and Wild Honey, [156];
Squirrels and Other Fur-bearing Animals, [192].
Cooper, James Fenimore, The Pilot, [71].
Dickens, Charles, A Child's History of England, [69], [75], [177], [188];
David Copperfield, [167], [169], [186].
Franklin, Benjamin, Autobiography, [43].
Garland, Hamlin, Main-traveled Roads, [174].
Gregory, Lady, Through Portugal, [182].
Hardy, Thomas, Far from the Madding Crowd, [179].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Mosses from an Old Manse, [83].
Hughes, Thomas, Tom Brown's Schooldays, [63].
Irving, Washington, Rip Van Winkle, [43];
Astoria, [81], [82];
Life of Columbus, [83];
Stratford-on-Avon (The Sketch-Book), [88].
Kane, Elisha E., Arctic Explorations, [70].
Leavitt, R. G., Outlines of Botany, [158].
Lockyer, J. N., Astronomy, [92].
Long, William J., Ways of Wood Folk, [31].
Longfellow, Henry W., The Courtship of Miles Standish, [82];
The Bridge of Cloud, [83];
Walter Von der Vogelweid, [85].
Lowell, James R., The Vision of Sir Launfal, [84].
Main, E., Cities and Sights of Spain, [204].
Merriam, Florence A., Birds through an Opera Glass, [160], [162].
Motley, J. L., Correspondence, [170].
Nicolay, Helen, The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln, [32].
Parkman, Francis, The Conspiracy of Pontiac, [180].
Prescott, William H., The Conquest of Mexico, [82].
Sheridan, Richard B., The Rivals, [58].
Thoreau, Henry D., Excursions, [165].
Whittier, John G., The Barefoot Boy, [84].
Yonge, Charlotte M., A Book of Golden Deeds, [93].
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