Argument, general principle of, 214; the introduction, 215; the reasons, 217; the outline, 220; the plea, 221; other forms of, 221.
Clause, defined, 4; dependent or subordinate, 4; independent or principal, 5.
Description, observation necessary in, 155; general scientific description, 158; specific scientific, 162; use of technical terms in, 163; literary description, 164; of people, 169; longer description, 172; description of conditions, 174; by contrast, 176; of events, 177; picture making of scenes of action, 179; description of travel, 182; descriptions of an hour, 185.
Diary, value of, 106; contents of, 107; imaginary diaries, 109; class diaries, 109.
Exposition, general principles of, 199; explanation of a material process, 201; of games, 204; of abstract ideas, 208; by example and comparison, 208; by repetition, 210; by contrast, 211; by a figure of speech, 211.
Letters, various kinds of, 112; friendly, 113; of social intercourse, 119; formal invitations, 122; telegrams, 123; business letters, 125.
Narration, essentials of a good narrative, 137; autobiography, 140; biography, 142; history, 144; plain reporting of facts, 150; conversation, 152; travel, 182; historical stories, 188; fictitious stories, 191; the beginning of a narrative, 193; the ending, 196; the body, 197.
Paragraph, defined and described, 29; beginning of or topic sentence, 30; unity in, 35; body of, 37; too many paragraphs, 41; end of paragraph or summary sentence, 42; arrangement in a whole composition, 96.
Sentence, distinguished from phrase and clause, 4; simple, complex, and compound, 7; variety in the use of sentences, 14, 19; length of, 14; periodic, 17; loose, 18; bad, 21, 22, 23, 25; "comma" sentence, 22; with and without unity, 23; formless, 25.
Unity, in sentences, 23; in paragraphs, 35; in whole compositions, 97.
Vocabulary, size and character of English, 50; increasing one's vocabulary, 50.
Whole composition, 88; outline of, 92, 98, 220; arrangement of paragraphs in, 96; essentials of, 97; how to plan a, 98.
Words, 49; vocabulary, 50; synonyms, 53; choice of words, 55; accuracy in the use of, 58; errors in the use of, 62.
Addison, Joseph, The Spectator, 209, 212.
Ames, Azel, How the Pilgrims Came to Plymouth, 144.