4. It is getting chilly in the night air, with the rations running low,
and the charterers of some of the fishing boats decide to go home…
5. It is eleven o'clock—dark night—and the breeze is freshening, when
the first of the fleet heaves in sight…
6. After that they arrive rapidly…
7. At midnight there is still no Meteor…
8. Through the entire night they keep coming…
9. Next morning…
+Theme XLVI.+—Write a narrative, four or more paragraphs in length, showing the time-order.
Suggested subjects:— 1. The race up the river. 2. The life of some well-known man. 3. The cake that fell. 4. Retell some incident that you have recently read. 5. Relate some personal experience. 6. A story suggested by the picture on page 160.
(Make an outline. Consider the unity, coherence, and emphasis of each paragraph separately. Then consider the unity, coherence, and emphasis of the whole composition. Notice what expressions you have used to indicate the relations in time. Have you used the same expression too often?)
+86. Development of a Composition with Reference to Position in Space.+— A second method of development is to relate details with reference to their position in space.