Emphatic places of the Sentence. The natural emphatic places of a sentence are the beginning and the end. If we wish to give special distinction to some particular word or phrase, it must occupy one of these positions. Since the beginning and the end of a sentence are the natural places for the subject and predicate respectively, the subject is made emphatic by placing it at the end, and the predicate by placing it at the beginning of the sentence; as, Flashed all their sabres bare.
LESSON LXIX.
A connected series of sentences dealing with a single topic is called a paragraph. It is a whole composition and is complete in itself.
Note.—A paragraph begins on a new line and the opening word is withdrawn towards the middle of the line.
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARAGRAPH.
1. Every paragraph should possess unity, that is, it should have a definite subject or topic to which all parts of the structure are related, forming elements, in its development.
2. The sentences that compose a paragraph should follow one another in natural order, showing a logical progress of thought. This principle is called continuity.
3. The connection of each sentence in the paragraph, with the preceding one, should be made clear, and also the connection between the paragraphs themselves.