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W.-Weak.

(1) Terms too general.

Use particular and concrete expressions.

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Omit.

—Error, not specified.

- Join the parts of a word, incorrectly separated.
– Hyphen to be supplied.

Something has been omitted.

- More space needed at point indicated by the caret.
- A surprising assertion.

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
SMALL CAPITALS.

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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.
Argumentation, 353-420.

Arguments, from authority, 378;
tests of, 387-402; strength of,
392-394; order of, 402, 403.
Aristotle on plot, 262.
Association, grouping by, 29,
AUDUBON, J. J., 11–14.

30.

Authority as argument, 378; ab-
sence of, 378.

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Cause and effect, development by,
99-106; grouping by, 31, 32.
CERVANTES, 446.

CHANNING, W. E., 118.
Characters, 267-274.
CHERBURY, LORD, 158.

CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF, 245.
CHURCHILL, W., 198, 200, 206, 215.
Circumstance as argument, 376;
absence of, 376.

CLIFFORD, W. K., 301.
Climax, 33, 257, 449.

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;
development by, 72-85.

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Epigram, 451.

ment, 378.

Exposition, 301-352.

Exposition, types of, 341-349.

Fable, the, 446.

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HUDSON, H. N., 392.

HUBBARD, W., 139.

Experience, appeal to, as argu- HUDSON, W. H., 257, 268.

178.

HUGHES, T.,

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Fact as argument, 375; absence of, Idyll, the, 424.

375.

Farce, 427.

Image, fundamental, 195–203.

Images, kinds of, 177-186.

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Incident, simple, 243–249.

Instances, specific, development
by, 93-99.

Interrogation, 452.

Irony, 451.

Mock epic, 423.

Monometer, 431-433.
MONTGOMERY, D. H., 102.
Motives in narrative, 268.

IRVING, W., 47, 87, 188, 199, 452. Narration, 237-300; in exposition,

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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.

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MACAULAY, T. B., 68, 71, 73, 77,
97, 133, 147, 160, 329, 382, 390,
441, 442, 443, 450.
MACDONALD, G., 182, 183.
MAHAFFY, J. P., 95.

Manuscript, preparation of, 454.
Mask, the, 427.

MATHEWS, W., 307.

MATTHEWS, B., 74, 303, 327.
MAUNDEVILLE, SIR J., 7.

MAUPASSANT, G. DE, 183, 190, 292.
MAURY, T. B., 341.
MCMASTER, J. B., 82, 106.
Measure, heroic, 432; Alexan-
drine, 432.
Melodrama, 427.

Metaphor, 440-444; mixed, 444.
Metonymy, 444-446.

Metre, 431; kinds of, 431-435.
Metrical romance, 423, 424.
MILLER, 328.

Particulars and details, develop-

ment by, 85–93.
PASCAL, 449.
Pastoral, the, 424.
PATER, W., 127.
Pentameter, 432.
| Pepys, S., 279.

Pertinence, tests of arguments for,
387-392.

Planning compositions, 21-29.
Plot, 250, 255-265.
PLUTARCH, 448.
POE, E. A., 181, 189.

Poetry, 421-438.

Point of view, 186-190.
Points at issue, 416.

Principle, general, as argument,
379-381.

Pronoun, relative, 156.
Proof, direct and indirect, 355.
Proposition, the, 371-375.
Propositions, debatable, 413, 414.
Prose discourse, forms of, 168–420.
Punctuation, 455–457.

"Q" (A. T. QUILLER-COUCH),
204, 207, 270.

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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.
SCHMITZ, 364.

SCOTT, SIR W., 101.

Sentences, 125-151; complex and
compound, 126; long and short,
128-130; loose, periodic, and
balanced, 130-135; related, 8.
SEWARD, W. H., 166, note.

Tetrameter, 431-433.

THACKERAY, W. M., 2, 53, 206, 242,

324.

THANET, O., 86, 244.

That, Who, Which, 156.

Theory, general, arguments based
on, 379-381.

THOREAU, H. D., 95, 175.
Topic statement, 45.
Topics, overlapping, 34.
Tragedy, 425, 426.
Trimeter, 431-433.
Triplet, 436.
Trochee, 431.

TWAIN, MARK, 197.

SHAKESPEARE, W., 24, 202, 284, TYNDALL, J., 97.

318, 444, 445, 449.

Shall and Will, 155.

SHORTHOUSE, J., 159.
Simile, 441-444.

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Units, independent, 1-7; related,
7-19.

Units of composition, 1-19.

Verse, blank, 436.
Versification, 431.

WALKER, F. A., 67.
WEBSTER, D., 69, 70.
WHEELER, C., 309.
Which, Who, That, 156.
WHITE, G., 246.
WHITMAN, W., 6.
Who, Which, That, 156.
Will and Shall, 155.
Words, 152-167.

WORDSWORTH, W., 116, 441.
Written work, directions for, 454.

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