"Quite So," Aldrich, 277
Quotation marks, 66
Quotations, punctuation of, 58, 59,
62; capitals in, 83; in debate,
339
"Reader's Guide to Periodical Lit-
erature," 339 ftn.
Reading, 3, 9, 240
Rebuttal, 337, 352
Receipt, 101
Reflexive pronouns, 131
Refutation, in debate, 337, 340,
349
Regular and irregular verbs, 163-
164
Relative clauses, 57, 124
Relative pronouns, 124, 129, 178
Repetition, developing the para-
graph by, 196; in exposition, 311,
314; in definition, 307; in argu-
ment, 333; in debate, 352
Restrictive clauses, punctuation of,
57
Rests, in verse, 358
Retained object, 135
Reverend, 95
Revision, 24, 27
Rhetorical question, 216
Rhythm, 359
RIIS, J. A., 113-114, 322
"Rikki-Tikki," Kipling, 198, 222
Rip Van Winkle," Irving, 186
Rob Roy," Scott, 291, 294
Romance, 259
RUMELY, E. A., 315-316
RUSKIN, JOHN, 225, 288, 306
STEVENSON, R. L., 10, 29, 45, 103,
254, 299, 300
Story. See Short story
Street, in heading to letter, 89
"Study of Prose Fiction, A," Perry,
320
Subject, of a verb, 118; of an infini-
tive, 120
Subjective complement, 118, 119,
138, 139, 175
Subjects, for composition (based on
experience, 8; books suggesting,
9-11; based on imagination, II;
limiting, 12-16; vs. titles, 15; lists
of, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 22, 35, 36,
192, 199, 207, 212, 267, 268, 274,
281, 284, 286, 287, 302, 304, 317,
318, 338, 339, 344-345; sugges-
tions for finding, 16, 200; limited,
12, 289); for debates, 344-345
Subjunctive mood, 137
Subordinate conjunctions, 171, 172,
178
"Vailima Letters," Stevenson, 103,
254
Verb phrases, 133
Verbal nouns, 143
Verbs, defined, 113; transitive and
intransitive, 132; auxiliary, 132,
133; principal parts, 134; voice,
134-135; retained objects, 135,
136; mood, 136-138; indicative
mood, 137; subjunctive mood, 137;
imperative mood, 137; infinitives,
138-141; participles, 141-143;
gerunds, 143-145; tense, 145-153;
person and number, 153-155;
conjugation, 155-159; potential
phrases, 159-163; regular and
irregular, 163-164
VERNE, JULES, 288
Verse, common feét, 355; names
of feet, 356; variations in, 357;
rests, 358; kinds of, 358; scan-
sion, 359; rhythm, 359
"Vicar of Wakefield," Goldsmith,
268
Vocabulary, a ready, 224; an exact,
225-237; choosing, 237-241
Voice, 134-135
"Voyage, The," Irving, 40, 199
WARNER, C. D., 276, 312
WEBSTER, DANIEL, 196, 343
WHITTIER, JOHN G., "Snow-
bound," 46; letter to, 106
Will and shall, 148-152; in inde-
pendent statements, 148; in ques-
tions, 149; in indirect discourse,
150; in conditional clauses, 151
WILLIS, N. P., 20
Words, necessary to the construc-
tion, 211; superfluous, 220-221;
exact, 224-241; synonyms, 226-
235; homonyms, 235-236; anto-
nyms, 236; in good use, 237-238;
helps in choosing, 239-241; for-
cible, 242-256; simple, 242-245;
specific, 245-247; figurative, 247–
248
Would and should, 152-153
Writing, how to learn, 2; a habit, 3;
reading a help to, 3
Young Protector, A" (pupil's
theme), 41, 45
"Zoroaster," Crawford, 152, 223,
296
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