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(1) Terms too general.

Use particular and concrete expressions.

(2) Anti-climax.

(3) Hackneyed words or phrases.

8 or 4-Omit.

Avoid trite and meaningless expressions.

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- Paragraph.

Do not paragraph.

-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.

The references are to pages. Names of authors whose works are quoted are in

SMALL CAPITALS.

ABBOTT, J., 35, 311.
ABBOTT, J. S. C., 207.
Abstract expressions, 177, 178.

ADDISON, J., 451.
ALDRICH, T. B., 56.
Alexandrine, 432.
ALGER, W. R., 304.
Allegory, 446.
ALLEN, J. L., 176.
Alliteration, 435.
Analogy, 331-334.
Anapest, 431.

ANDREWS, 365.

INDEX.

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, 30.
AUDUBON, J. J., 11-14.

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

Blank verse, 436.
BOYNTON, H. C., 305.

BRYCE, J., 26, 99, 193, 331.
BUCKLEY, A., 324.
BULWER, E., 263.

Anticlimax, 449, 450.

Antithesis, 448; grouping by, 30, CASTLE, A. and E., 198.

31; false, 449.

BURKE, E., 81, 130, 398.
BURNS, R., 4.

BURROUGHS, J., 15, 134, 168, 170,
206.

BYRON, LORD, 205.

Cæsura, 434.

CAMPBELL, T., 390.

Canto, 437.

Capitals, 455.

CARLYLE, T., 49, 258, 445.

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.

334-337.

Brief, the, 403–406; trial brief, Contradictory ideas reconciled,
416.
BROWN, JOHN, 87.
BROWNING, R.,

286.

Contrast, grouping by, 30,
development by, 72-85.

31;

183.

Echo, the, 145.
EGGLESTON, E.,
Elegy, the, 428.
ELIOT, GEORGE, 186.

EMERSON, R. W., 55, 129, 448.
Epic, 422-425.

ment, 378.

Exposition, 301-352.

Exposition, types of, 341-349.

Faults, common, 458-464.
Fictitious narrative, 278.
Figures of speech, 439-453.
Foot, defined, 431; dissyllabic and
trisyllabic, 431.

Forms of prose discourse, 168–420.
FOSTER, M., 101.

375.
Farce, 427.

FRANKLIN, B., 21, 22, 25, 68, 101.
FREEMAN, E., 145.
FROUDE, J. A., 48.

Generalized narrative, 328–331.
Genus, 320.

GILDER, R. W., 438.
GOLDSMITH, O., 161, 445.
GRADY, H. W., 76, 91.
GRAY, T., 195.
GRAYSON, 333.

Grouping topics, 29–34.
GUERNSEY, A. H., 340.
GUYOT, A., 102.

HALE, E. E., 141, note.
HAMERTON, P. G., 80, 93.
HARRINGTON, SIR J., 337.
HAWTHORNE, N., 197.

Heptameter, 432.

HOSMER, J. K., 46.

HOWARD, J., 131.

HOWELLS, W. D., 75, 369, 373,
388, 389.

Epigram, 451.

HUBBARD, W., 139.
HUDSON, H. N., 392.

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

HUGHES, T., 178.
HUXLEY, T. H., 76.
Hyperbole, 452.

Hexameter, 432, 433.

HIGGINSON, T. W., 53, 118, 209,
366.

History, 278.

HOLLAND, J. G., 9, 10.

HOLMES, O. W., 55, 64, 81, 88,
209, 362.

HOOD, T., 448.

Fable, the, 446.

Iambus, 431.

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

Image, fundamental, 195–203.
Images, kinds of, 177-186.

Incident, simple, 243–249.
Instances, specific, development
by, 93-99.

JEFFERIES, J. R., 215.

JEWETT, S. O., 211, 214, 239.
JOHNSON, S., 442.

JONES, SIR W., 112.

KING, C., 221.
KIPLING, R., 186.
KNOX, 309.

Interrogation, 452.
Irony, 451.

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

361-371.

LALOR and MASON, 374.
LAMB, C., 54, 452.
LINCOLN, A., 127, 164.
Lines of poetry, pure, 433; mixed,
433; incomplete, 434.
LONG, W. J., 108, 109.
LONGFELLOW, H. W., 46, 71, 176,

198.

LOWELL, J. R., 79, 179, 337, 441,
446, 451.

LYALL, EDNA, 238.
Lyric poetry, 427-429.

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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.

Mock epic, 423.
Monometer, 431-433.
MONTGOMERY, D. H., 102.
Motives in narrative, 268.

Melodrama, 427.

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

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

Narrative, complex, 249-278; gen-

eralized, 328–331.

NEWMAN, CARDINAL, 142.
NEWTON, I., 441.

Quatrain, 436.

RANDOLPH, J., 160.
READE, CHARLES, 282.
Rebuttal, 419.

Satire, 429.

Scansion, 433.
SCHMITZ, 364.
SCOTT, SIR W.,

Tale, the, 424.

Refutation, 355.

TENNYSON, A., 63, 336, 337, 445.
Tercet, 436.

Repetition, development by, 64-72. Tests of arguments, 387-402.
Rhetorical question, 452.
Rhyme, 435.

Rhyme Royal, 437.

ROGERS, S., 337.

Romance, metrical, 423.

Suspense, 249, 250.
Synecdoche, 444-446.

Specific expressions, 177, 178.
Specific instances, development
by, 93-99.

Specific instances as argument,
377; absence of, 377.
Stanza, 436; Chaucerian, 437;
Elegiac, 436; Spenserian, 437.
STEVENSON, R. L., 128, 199, 200,
201, 211, 251, 256, 265, 307.
Strength, tests of arguments for,
392-398.

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.

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

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

Trochee, 431.
TWAIN, MARK, 197.

318, 444, 445, 449.

Shall and Will, 155.
SHORTHOUSE, J., 159.
Simile, 441-444.
Song, the, 428.

Sonnet, the, 437, 438.
SPANGENBERG, 340.

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.