[The titles of main divisions, books, chapters, and sections are in small capitals.]
Abbreviation and condensation of words
in poetic diction, 142.
Abstract, 583.
Accelerated movement in narration, 523.
ACCURATE USE of words, 46.
Adaptation in rhetoric, 1; Lines of, 3.
Additive conjunctions, 260.
Adjective and adverb in prose, The, 149.
Adjustments of style, 20.
Adverb, Placing of the, 245.
Adversative conjunctions, 261.
A fortiori argument, 613.
Alertness of mind, 398.
Alexandrine verse, 182.
Alienisms, 59.
Allegory, 85.
Alliance with audience in oratory, 645.
Alliteration, 156; in prose, 159.
Allusion, 90; in amplification, 473.
Alternation of kinds of sentence, 348;
of kinds of paragraph, 382.
Alternative, Analyzing by, 623.
Ambiguity, Measures against, 241; in
exposition, 577.
Americanisms, 55.
Amphibrach measure, 177.
Amphimacer measure, 178.
Amplification, Objects of, 462; Means
of, 464; Accessories of, 471.
AMPLIFYING IDEAS, THE, 458.
Amplifying matter of description, 485.
Amplifying paragraph, The, 380.
AMPLITUDE, 287.
Analogy, 77; in exposition, 567; in
argumentation, 614.
Analysis, in exposition, 579; by alterna-
tive, 623; for refutation, 627.
Anapestic measure, 176.
Anecdotes in amplification, 470; as type
of narrative, 516.
Animus of word and figure, 102.
Antecedent probability, 609.
Antecedent, 246; Preparing the, for
Anticipative it and there, 254.
Anticlimax, 294.
Antique diction, 133.
ANTITHESIS, 271; Errors of, 274; as ob-
verse, 466; in description, 496; in nar-
ration, 526, 527; Exposition by, 566.
Aphorism, 460.
Aphoristic literature, 461.
Aposiopesis, in narrative, 528.
A posteriori argument, 609.
Apostrophe, 97.
Apothegmatic ending of paragraph, 378;
summary of thought, 467.
Appeal, Forms and agencies of, 650; to
the intellect, 651; to the emotions,
654; to the will, 657; to motives,
660; by invective, 661.
Appendages of the plan, 449.
APPROACHES OF PROSE TO POETRY,
THE, 163.
APPROACHES TO INVENTION (Chap.
xii), 389.
A priori argument, 609.
Archaic vocabulary, Employment of, 66.
Archaisms, poetic, 144.
Argument, inductive, Grades and species
of, 608; a priori, 609; a posteriori,
609; from sign, 611; from example,
613; a fortiori, 613; from analogy,
614.
ARGUMENTATION (Chap. xvii), 597;
definition of, 597; IN ITS TYPE
FORMS (Section First), 598; CON-
STRUCTIVE, 599; DESTRUCTIVE,
622; IN ORDEred system (Section
Second), 633.
Arguments, Order of, 639.
Arrangement of words, prose, 113; in
plan, principles of relation and,
438.
Art and science discriminated, 4; fine
and mechanical, in discourse, 7; OF
Association, Figures of, 77; of thoughts,
Laws of, 443.
Assonance, 157.
Asyndeton, 318 footnote.
Attack and defense in debate, 637.
Attenuation of stress, 339.
Audience, Orator's relation with, 645.
Authority, 603.
Balanced structure, 309; sentence, The,
Ballad measure, 180.
Bathos, 294.
Beauty, as quality of style, 37.
Beginnings and endings in paragraph
construction, 378.
Bifurcate classification, 572, 623.
Biography, 548.
Blending and interchange of measures,
198.
Body, by amplification, 462.
Brevity, Tendency to, in poetic diction,
Burden of proof, The, 637.
Cadence, 219; as conclusion, 456.
Cæsura, The, 202.
Casual topics of meditation, 408.
Causal conjunctions, 264.
Cause and effect, Law of, in thought-
association, 445; Particulars viewed
as, 608.
Chain of reasoning, 621, 627.
Characters in a story, The, 530.
Charted order, Description by, 487.
CHOICE OF WORDS FOR DENOTATION
(Chap. iii), 46.
Circumlocution, 291.
Circumstantial evidence, 611.
Citations, References and, 419.
Classical or recitative measures, The, 174.
Classification, 569; Bifurcate, 572.
Clause in prose rhythm, The, 217.
Clearness, 29; in the thought, 29; in
the construction, 31; The habit of
seeking, 403.
CLIMAX, 292; in stages of plan, 440;
in narration, 527.
Coinage for occasion, 64.
COLLOCATION, 240.
Colloquialisms, Non-, in poetic diction,
Concentration, Tendency to, in poetic
Concession in debate, 638.
Conclusion of a literary work, The, 454;
relation to body of work, 454; forms
of, 454; style of, 456.
Concomitants, Particulars viewed as,
611.
Concord of subject and verb, 223.
CONDENSATION, 295; for vigor, 295;
for rapidity, 299; as abstracting
process, 583.
Condensation of words in poetic diction,
142.
Conditional conjunctions, 265.
CONJUNCTIONAL RELATION, 259.
Connotation, as related to force, 34;
WORDS AND FIGURES FOR (Chap.
iv), 75; OF IDEA, 76; OF EMOTION,
94; of the relative, 236.
CONSTRUCTIVE, ARGUMENTATION, 599.
Constructive end, in narration, The, 517.
Contiguity, Law of, in thought-associa-
Continuity of movement, in narration,
Contrast, Law of, in thought-association,
444; element of, in narrative move-
ment, 526.
Coördinating class of conjunctions, 260.
Copious presentation, in oratory, 653.
Core of definition, The, 559.
CORRELATION, 257.
Couplet, The heroic, 185.
Creative reading, 409.
Criticism, 591; ways of publication, 592;
requisites of, 593; The higher, 580.
Cross-examination, 601, 631.
Cue, The stress-point as a, 340.
Culture promoting adjustments of style,
The, 21, 22, 23.
Cumulative conjunctions, 260.
Dactylic measure, 176; hexameter, 183.
Dash, The, 331; double, 130; single, 130.
DEBATE, 634.
Decorative epithets, 147..
Deduction, 616.
Deductive order of thought-building,
Definition, 558; The core of, 559; Analy-
sis of, 561; genetic, 562; Supple-
mentation of, 563.
Degree of meaning, 50.
Demonstratives and numerals in pro-
spective reference, 255.
DENOTATION, CHOICE OF WORDS FOR
(Chap. iii), 46.
Dénouement in narrative, The, 517.
Derivation and history of words, 50; in
exposition, 576.
DESCRIPTION (Chap. xiv), 477; Defini-
tion of, 477; UNDERLYING PRIN-
CIPLES of, The, 478; Mechanism of,
481; by charted order, 487; by im-
pression, 488; ACCESSORIES OF,
493; Subjective, 502; IN LITERA-
TURE, 506; what narration owes to,
533; Logical, 564.
Descriptive details, Subdual of, 486; in
amplification, 468.
Descriptive words, 162, 296; poetry,
508.
Details, in amplification, 468; Subdual
of descriptive, 486.
Dialect, 55, 56, 134.
Dialogue, The, in narrative, 532.
DICTION (Book ii), 44; Definition of,
44; PROSE, STANDARD AND OC-
CASIONAL (Chap. v), 107; spoken,
118; of written discourse, 126;
Manufactured, 132; POETIC, AND
ITS INTERACTIONS WITH PROSE
(Chap. vi), 139; THE SENTENCE
IN, 345.
Didactic end, in narration, 518.
Digressions, 375.
Discipline, as aid to invention, 392;
Reading for, 411.
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,
363.
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
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,
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,
559.
Grammar, as foundation of rhetoric, 2.
Graphic uses of figures, in description,
494.
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,
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.
Interpretatio, 465.
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.
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