Discourse, definition of, 1; written for public delivery, 122; tone of, The, 135.
Discursive narration, 535.
Disposal of results of reading, 417. Distinction, in plan headings, 440. Diversity of interest, in invention, 399. Division, 568; Logical, 569; principle of, 570; members of, 571; complete- ness of, 572; Literary, 573. Double negative, 270; paragraph topic,
Drama, The, 553.
Dynamic stress, 340.
Economy, Principle of, 23; in oratory,
Effects, Suggestion by, 500. Elegiac stanza, The, 186.
ELEMENTS OF POETIC RHYTHM, 172. Ellipsis, 298, 301.
Eloquence, Working essentials of, 644. Emotion, in rhetorical adaptation, 4; and will, as basis of force, 36; CON- NOTATION OF, 94; Overt figures of, 95.
Emotions, The appeal to the, 654. Emphasis, as element of force, 35; Dis-
Enforcement, Order of, in thought-build- ing, 448.
Enlargement of syllogism, 620. Enthymeme, The syllogism in, 618. Enumeration, as instrument of amplifi- cation, 467. Epigram, 273. Episodes, 537.
Epithet, in poetic diction, 147; The
phrasal, or packed, 149; in descrip- tion, 497.
Epithets, decorative, 147; essential, 148. Equation, The personal, 581.
Essay, The, 594.
Essential epithets, 148.
Euphemism, 292.
Euphonious words and combinations in poetic diction, 154.
Euphony, as component of beauty, 38; Rank of, in prose diction, 114. Euphuism, 353 note.
Evoluta type of sentence, 318. Example, Argument from, 613. Exclamation, 95.
Exegesis of terms, 562, 576. Exemplification, as instrument of am- plification, 468; as instrument of exposition, 565.
Expert testimony, 605.
Explication of propositions, 562, 578. Explicit reference, 370. EXPOSITION (Chap. xvi), 554; Defini-
tion of, 554; intensive, 558; exten- sive, 568; OF THINGS, 557; OF THE SYMBOLS OF THINGS, 575; IN LIT- ERATURE, 591.
Expository work, Forms of, 594. Extensive, Exposition, 568.
Fact, historic, The finding of, 544; The interpreting of, 546.
Facts, Discovery of, in argumentation, 599.
Fairness, of encounter, in debate, 638. Fallacies, Exposure of, 626. Fiction, 550; Liberties and limits of, 550. FIGURES, WORDS AND, FOR CONNOTA-
TION (Chap. iv), 75; Practical value of, 75; of association, Overt, 77; of emotion, Overt, 95; in prose diction, 111; Graphic uses of, in description, 494.
Finding of historic fact, The, 544. "Fine writing," 71.
Foot, The, in poetic rhythm, 172. Force, as quality of style, 33; MASSING OF ELEMENTS FOR, 335. Forecast of end, in narration, 514. Foreign words and idioms, 59. Foreigner's English, 133.
Form, the sense of literary, 390.
Generals, Inference from, 616; to par- ticulars, in order, 448; in amplifi- cation, 467.
Genetic definition, 562.
Genus and differentia, Definition by,
Grammar, as foundation of rhetoric, 2. Graphic uses of figures, in description,
Habits of meditation, 402; of seeking
clearness, 403; of seeking order, 404; of seeking independent con- clusions, 405.
Harmony, as component of beauty, 39. Heroic couplet, The, 185.
Heterogeneous sentence, The, 320. Hexameter, iambic, 182; dactylic, 183. Hiatus, in rhythm, 218. Higher criticism, The, 580.
Historic present, 98, 227; fact, The find- ing of, 544; The interpreting of, 546.
Historical perspective, 524.
History, 544 ; narrative, 546; scenic, 547; philosophic, 547.
History of words, 50.
Human nature, The handling of, by the orator, 647.
Hymn stanzas, 187.
Hyperbole, 99; in description, 496. Hypothesis, The, 607.
Iambic measure, 174; pentameter, 179; tetrameter, 180.
IDEA, CONNOTATION OF, 76. Idealism, in fiction, 551. Idiom, Tissue of, 53.
Idioms, Foreign, 59, 61; THREE, 232. Illative conjunctions, 264.
Imagination and taste, as basis of beauty, 40.
Imaginative diction, Avails of, in descrip- tion, 493; type of prose diction, 168. Impassioned type of prose diction, 166.
Implicatory words and coloring, 87. Implicit reference, in paragraphs, 372. Impression, Description by, 488. Independent conclusions, Habit of seek- ing, 405.
Inductive Argument, Grades and spe- cies of, 608; order in thought- building, 446.
Inference from particulars, 606; from generals, 616.
Informative description, 509. Initiative taken by orator, 646. Insignificant sentence, The, 321. Intellect, in rhetorical adaptation, 3; as basis of clearness, 32; The appeal to the, in oratory, 651.
Intellectual type of prose diction, 164. INTELLIGIBLE USE of words, 52. Intensive, Exposition, 558. Interchange and blending of measures, in poetic rhythm, 198.
Interest, Diversity of, in invention, 399. Interior and outlying tracts of sentence, 339.
Interpreting of historic fact, The, 546. INTERRELATION OF SENTENCE ELE- MENTS, 320; Errors of, 320. Interrogation, 96.
Interwoven plots, 538.
Invective, 661.
INVENTION (Part ii), 385; as division of rhetoric, 9; IN ITS ELEMENTS (Book iv), 387; Definition of, 388; APPROACHES TO (Chap. xii), 389. Inventive talent, Lines of, 394. INVERSION, 276; for emphasis, 276; for adjustment, 278.
Investigation, Order of, in thought- building, 446.
Italics for emphasis, 128. Iteration, 303.
Joints of structure, 116.
KINDS OF PARAGRAPHS, 379.
Landmarks of structure in completed
Latin derivatives, 70.
Length of sentence, Effect of, in diction, 345.
Lengthiness distinguished from length, 141 footnote. Liberties of fiction, 550.
LIFE OF VERSE, The, 189. Limitations of fiction, 550. Line, The, in poetry, 179 note. Literary analysis, in exposition, 579;
LITERARY FORM, THE SENSE OF, 390; division, 573; TYPES, THE (Book v), 475.
Logic, as foundation of rhetoric, 3. Logical definition, 559; description, 564; division, 569.
Long sentence, The, in diction, 347. Loose sentence, The, 351.
MAIN IDEAS of discourse, THE, 432. Manufactured diction, 132. Mass of sentence, in diction, 350. MASSING OF sentence ELEMENTS FOR
Material and handling, Problems of, in
description, 479.
Meditation, Habits of, 402.
Medium, The supporting, in story, 530. Members of division, 571. Metaphor, 80; in description, 495.
Metaphrase, 585.
Method of residues, The, 625.
Metonymy, 88, 89.
Metre, 171; Relations of phrase and, 208. Metrical unit, 172; clause, 178; sen- tence, 183.
Motives, 658; Grades of, 659 note. Movement, The narrative, 520; Prepara- tive elements in, 525; Continuity of, 520; Rate of, 522. Musical rhythm, Overtones of, 190.
NARRATION (Chap. xv), 511; Defini-
tion of, 512; THE ART OF, 513; The end of, 514; convoyed by de- scription, 533; Discursive, 535; IN LITERATURE, 543. Narrative history, 546.
Narrative movement, Aid from, in de- scription, 503; Continuity of, 520; Rate of, 522; Preparative elements in, 525.
Narrative touches, 504.
Narratives, Combination of, 537. Native elements of vocabulary, 68. Natural bent, as starting point of inven-
NEGATION, 268; degrees of, 268. Negative, Double, 270.
Newspaper words, 63; criticism, 592. Non-colloquialisms in poetic diction, 145. Non sequitur, 628. Notes, Taking, 418. Notions, 555. Novel, The, 552.
Nucleus of description, The, 483.
Observation, The spirit of, 397; sketches of travel and, 509.
Obverse, The, as repetition, 466; in ex- position, 567.
Occasion, The response to, 393. OCCASIONAL DICTION, 118. Ode stanza, The, 185.
Only, Placing of, 241.
Onomatopoetic words and coloring, 160. ORATORY, 642; The essence of, 642. Order, The habit of seeking, 404.
Order of arguments in debate, 639; of refutation, 641.
POETIC RHYTHM, ELEMENTS OF, 172. Poetic setting in diction, 145; TRAITS
IN POETRY AND IN PROSE, 141; in description, 497.
Poetry, Descriptive, 508. Polarized words, 152.
Point of view, 481; The traveller's, 506. Portrayal without detail, 491; Time- conditioned, 504; Panoramic, 505. Possessive, The, in poetic diction, 143. Practical value of figures, 75.
Precision, as aspect of clearness, 29. Predicate of sentence, 313.
Prefacing statement, 288. Pregnant words, 93.
Preliminary paragraph, The, 381; ends in narration, 519.
Preparation of question, in debate, 635.
Preparative elements in movement, 525.
PRESENT USE of words, 61.
Presentive words, 117.
Principle of division, The, 570.
Progress in plan, Manner of, 439; Nat- ural stages of, 441.
Prominence, Law of, in retrospective reference, 250.
Proportion in paragraph, Claims of, 375. Propositional paragraph, The, 379. Propositions, Explication of, 578. Prose, Definition of, 107; THE AP- PROACHES OF, TO POETRY, 163; THE RHYTHM OF, 210.
Prose arrangement, 113; connection of words, 115; vocabulary, 109; RHYTHM, 210. PROSE DICTION (Chap. v), 107; STAND- ARD, 109; AS DETERMINED BY OCCASION, 118; Intellectual type of, 164; Impassioned type of, 166; Imaginative type of, 168.
PROSPECTIVE REFERENCE, 254. Provincialisms, 55.
Proximity, The law of, in retrospective
Punctuation, Office of, in sentence, 325; present status of, 333.
Purity, as standard of diction, 44. Purpose, in narrative, 518.
QUALITIES OF STYLE (Chap. ii), 27. Qualities, temperament of, 41; of sound, Language employed for, 153. Question, preparation of the, in debate, 635.
Quotation, in amplification, 471.
Raconteur, The professional, and his
Rapidity, condensation for, 299. Rate of narrative movement, 522. Reading, Ways of, in invention, 408;
Creative, 409; for discipline, 411; Compendious, 413; broadly and deeply, 415; by topics, 415; Dis- posal of results of, 417. Realism, in fiction, 552. Recitative measures in rhythm, 174;
Pliancy of the, 197.
Reductio ad absurdum, 623.
Redundancy, 290.
REFERENCE, RETROSPECTIVE, 246;
PROSPECTIVE, 254; Explicit, in paragraph, 370; Implicit, 372. References and citations, 419.
Refrain, in poetry, 184.
Refutation, 626; Order of, in debate, 641.
Relation and arrangement, Principles of, 438; with audience, in oratory, 645. Relative, Connotation of the, 236 ; equiv- alents for, 239.
REPETITION, 302; in disguise, 305; of construction, 308; in amplification, 465.
Repose, The element of, 42.
Reproduction of thought, Forms of, 582. Reserve, or understatement, 105. Residues, The method of, 625. Results of reading, Disposal of, 417. Retarded movement, in narration, 522. RETROSPECTIVE REFERENCE, 246. Revery contrasted with meditation, 403. Rhetoric, Definition of, 1; distinguished from grammar, 2; distinguished from logic, 3; as adaptation, 1; as art, 4; two kinds of, 5; Province and distribution of, 8.
Rhyme, 158; in prose diction, 158. RHYTHM, IN POETRY AND IN PROSE
(Chap. vii), 171; Poetic, elements of, 172; Musical overtones of, 190; Phrasal undertone of, 202; OF PROSE, THE, 210; as accessory of description, 498.
Romance and novel, 551.
Saxon derivatives, 70. Scenic history, 547.
SCHOLARLY USE of words, 68. Science and art discriminated, 4. Segmentation, The phrasal, 204. Selection, The problem of, in description, 479; in abstract, 583.
SELF-CULTURE, THE SUPPORT FROM, in invention, 396. Semicolon, The, 326. Semicoloned clauses, 323.
SENSE OF LITERARY FORM, THE, 390. SENTENCE, THE (Chap. x), 311; Defini-
tion of, 311; ORGANISM OF, 312; in prose rhythm, 218; Types of, 316; IN DICTION, 345..
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