W.-Weak. (1) Terms too general. Use particular and concrete expressions. Omit. —Error, not specified. - Join the parts of a word, incorrectly separated. Something has been omitted. - More space needed at point indicated by the caret. C. AT BEGINNING OR END OF THE MS. One of the above marks placed at the beginning or end of the manuscript warns the writer against a prevailing fault. The general character of the manuscript is indicated by the following letters: A, excellent; B, fair; C, poor; D, very bad, rewrite. INDEX. The references are to pages. Names of authors whose works are quoted are in CARLYLE, T., 49, 258, 445. Anapest, 431. ANDREWS, 365. Anticlimax, 449, 450. 31; false, 449. Antithesis, 448; grouping by, 30, CASTLE, A. and E., 198. Antonomasia, 445. Arguments, from authority, 378; 30. Authority as argument, 378; ab- Cause and effect, development by, CHANNING, W. E., 118. CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF, 245. CLIFFORD, W. K., 301. Collision in narrative, 250, 267. Comedy, 426, 427. Comparison, 331–334. Comparison and contrast, 72-85. Compositions, growth of, 20–43; planning of, 21-29. Concrete terms, 178–181. Connection, means of, 117-124. Consistency in argument, 398-402. Brief, the, 403-406; trial brief, Contradictory ideas reconciled, 416. BROWN, JOHN, 87. BROWNING, R., 286. 334-337. Contrast, grouping by, 30, 31; Epigram, 451. ment, 378. Exposition, 301-352. Exposition, types of, 341-349. Fable, the, 446. HUDSON, H. N., 392. HUBBARD, W., 139. Experience, appeal to, as argu- HUDSON, W. H., 257, 268. 178. HUGHES, T., Fact as argument, 375; absence of, Idyll, the, 424. 375. Farce, 427. Image, fundamental, 195–203. Images, kinds of, 177-186. . Incident, simple, 243–249. Instances, specific, development Interrogation, 452. Irony, 451. Mock epic, 423. Monometer, 431-433. IRVING, W., 47, 87, 188, 199, 452. Narration, 237-300; in exposition, LAMB, C., 54, 452. LINCOLN, A., 127, 164. Lines of poetry, pure, 433; mixed, 433; incomplete, 434. LONG, W. J., 108, 109. 361-371. Narrative, complex, 249-278; gen- eralized, 328-331. NEWMAN, CARDINAL, 142. NEWTON, I., 441. Observation, order of, 191-195. Obstacle, the, in narrative, 250, 254. Octameter, 432, 433. Ode, the, 428. Opera, 427. Ottava rima, 437. PAINE, R. D., 333. Parable, the, 446. LONGFELLOW, H. W., 46, 71, 176, Paragraphs, 44-124. MACAULAY, T. B., 68, 71, 73, 77, Manuscript, preparation of, 454. MATHEWS, W., 307. MATTHEWS, B., 74, 303, 327. MAUPASSANT, G. DE, 183, 190, 292. Metaphor, 440-444; mixed, 444. Metre, 431; kinds of, 431-435. Particulars and details, develop- ment by, 85–93. Pertinence, tests of arguments for, Planning compositions, 21-29. Poetry, 421-438. Point of view, 186-190. Principle, general, as argument, Pronoun, relative, 156. "Q" (A. T. QUILLER-COUCH), TENNYSON, A., 63, 336, 337, 445. Tercet, 436. Repetition, development by, 64-72. Tests of arguments, 387-402. ROGERS, S., 337. Romance, metrical, 423. Satire, 429. Scansion, 433. SCOTT, SIR W., 101. Sentences, 125-151; complex and Tetrameter, 431-433. THACKERAY, W. M., 2, 53, 206, 242, 324. THANET, O., 86, 244. That, Who, Which, 156. Theory, general, arguments based THOREAU, H. D., 95, 175. TWAIN, MARK, 197. SHAKESPEARE, W., 24, 202, 284, TYNDALL, J., 97. 318, 444, 445, 449. Shall and Will, 155. SHORTHOUSE, J., 159. Units, independent, 1-7; related, Units of composition, 1-19. Verse, blank, 436. WALKER, F. A., 67. WORDSWORTH, W., 116, 441. |