New Composition and Rhetoric for Schools

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Scott, Foresman, 1911 - 508 pages
 

Contents

Subjects Taken from Our Studies
35
Subjects Drawn from Our Reading
36
The Four Kinds of Composition
38
Description
39
The Writers Interest in His Subject Fundamental
40
CHAPTER IV
47
Questions of Size and Definiteness
48
Titles
49
Summary of Chapters III and IV
51
CHAPTER V
59
Development of a Narrative Subject
60
Development of a Descriptive Subject
63
Beginnings and Endings
67
The Use of Details
70
The Use of Dialogue
71
CHAPTER VI
85
Outline and Structure in Expository Compositions
91
Beginnings and Endings
93
Suiting the Style to the Substance
96
Summary of the Main Points of Chapter V and VI
97
CHAPTER VII
106
ParagraphTopics
108
Length of Paragraphs
112
Relation of the Paragraph to the Headings of the Outline
113
The Paragraph in Dialogue and Quotation
114
CHAPTER VIII
129
Legitimate Omissions of Subject or Predicate
130
Clauses Defined
132
Independent Clauses
133
Improper Use of Phrases and Clauses
134
Simple Complex and Compound Sentences Defined
135
Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Contrasted
137
CHAPTER IX
145
Nouns
146
Pronouns
148
Hanging Participles
149
Mistakes in Tense
150
Adjectives and Adverbs
151
Lack of Agreement in Number
152
Pronoun and Antecedent
153
False Correlations of the Double Conjunctions
154
Mixed Constructions
155
Double Subject and Object
156
CHAPTER X
168
How to Learn Punctuation
169
The Period
170
The Colon
171
The Comma
173
The Dash
178
SECTION PAGE 60 The Apostrophe
179
Capitals
180
Italics
181
The Punctuation of Dialogue
182
CHAPTER XI
200
Business Letters
201
Formal Letters in the First Person
206
Formal Letters in the Third Person
207
Informal Letters
209
Cautions
211
USAGE CHAPTER XII
221
The History of the Language
222
Standard Modern English Determined by Good Use
225
Good Use a Relative Term
227
The Use of the Dictionary
228
CHAPTER XIII
231
National Use
232
Technical Words
233
Foreign Words
235
Americanisms and Anglicisms
236
Reputable Use
238
How to Get a Reputable Vocabulary
241
Prepositions and Conjunctions
263
QUESTIONS OF NUMBER AND CHOICE CHAPTER XVI
275
Superfluous Details
278
CHAPTER XVII
282
Enlargement of the Vocabulary by Reading
285
The Use of Dictionaries
286
The Literary Use of Special Vocabularies
288
Enlargement of the Vocabulary by the Use of New Words
290
CHAPTER XVIII
298
Accuracy of Phrase
299
Euphemism
300
Newspaper Diction
301
Sentimental Phrasing
302
SECTION PAGE
303
Summary of Chapter
314
PART FOUR
325
Summary of Chapter
331
Coherence Defined
335
Summary of Chapter
344
Illustrative SentenceForms
350
Variation in Sentence Length
354
SECTION PAGE 122 Emphasis in Sentences
359
Summary of Chapter
361
CHAPTER XXII
367
Unity in the Paragraph
369
Coherence in the Paragraph
374
Incoherence from Omission of Connectives
375
Devices for Bringing Out the Coherence in a Paragraph
378
Proportion in Paragraphs
379
Emphasis in Paragraphs
380
Summary of Chapter
383
CHAPTER XXIII
393
Selection for Unity
396
Selection for Proportion
398
Coherence in the Whole Composition
400
Incoherence in Structure
401
Incoherence from Changes in the Point of View
402
The Effect of Paragraphing on Coherence
403
The Usefulness of Connectives
404
Emphasis in the Whole Composition
406
Beginnings and Endings
407
PART FIVE KINDS OF COMPOSITION CHAPTER XXIV
427
The Strength and the Weakness of Description in Words
429
Selection and Coherence in Description
430
The Point of View in Description
431
CHAPTER XXV
441
Setting
442
Action or Plot
443
Motion in Narration
444
Climax in Narration
447
The Point of View in Narration
448
Short Stories
450
CHAPTER XXVI
458
Structure in Exposition
462
Diction in Exposition
464
The Use of Reference Books
465
Giving Credit for Borrowed Material
466
CHAPTER XXVII
473
The Nature of Proof
474
Organization
476
The Brief
477
The Relation of the Brief to the Written Argument
482
Figures of Speech APPENDIX A I Figures of Speech Defined
493
Metaphor and Simile
494
Personification
495
SentenceForms Classified as Figures
496
Qualities of Style Classified as Figures
497
APPENDIX C
498
Abbreviations and Signs for Use in Correcting Themes
500
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