EXERCISES
A. Arrange the subjects in each of the following groups so that the most general ones shall come first:—
1. The intelligence of wild animals.
How a fox escaped from the hounds.
How animals escape destruction by their enemies.
Animals.
2. The benefits that arise from war.
The defeat of the Cimbri and Teutons by Marius.
War.
The value of military strength to the Romans.
3. Pleasure.
A summer outing in the Adirondacks.
Value of vacations.
Catching bass.
B. Narrow ten of the following subjects until the resulting subject may be treated in a single paragraph:—
1. Fishing. 2. Engines. 3. Literature. 4. Heroes of fiction. 5. Cooking. 6. Houses. 7. Games. 8. Basketball. 9. Cats. 10. Canaries. 11. Sympathy. 12. Sailboats. 13. Baseball. 14. Rivers. 15. Trees.
C. A general subject may suggest several narrower subjects, each of which would be of interest to a different class of persons; for example—
General subject,—Education.
Specific subjects,—
1. Methods of conducting recitations. (Teachers.)
2. School taxes. (Farmers.)
3. Ventilation of school buildings. (Architects.)
In a similar way, narrow each of the following subjects so that the resulting subjects will be of interest to two or more classes of persons:—