a. Point of view. b. Selection of details. c. Order and grouping. d. Objective and subjective character. e. Appropriate diction.
2. Notice of differences will involve a study of diction: synonyms, especially adjectives; figures of speech (simile, metaphor, and personification); words of color, sound, motion, shape, concrete terms.
3. Use as illustrative material examples from scientific writing, text-books, books of travel, novels, verse. Whenever possible, make the literature lessons serve as models, but do not draw from them for subjects. Have all composition original.
4. Later in the term return to narration, and combine with it description of scenery and character.
5. Throw occasional compositions into the form of the friendly letter, using some of the best modern letter writers, such as Stevenson, as models.
TENTH YEAR.
Second Term.
Special Work.
1. Exposition, with involved problem of clearness and order.
2. Word-work, with the purpose of enlarging the vocabulary and developing accuracy in the use of words.