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Chapter XXI: Appendix: I. Elements of Form (3)

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Abbott. Action: observation of. Actuality: in argument. Adams. Adjectives. Advantages: of expressing ideas gained from experience; of imaginative theme writing. Adverbs. Agreement. Allen, Elizabeth A. Allen, James Lane. Ambiguity. Analogy: argument from. Antithesis. Apostrophe: rule for; as figure of speech. Argument: purpose of; use of explanation in; by stating advantages and disadvantages; by use of specific instances; refutation or indirect; differs from exposition; clear thinking essential; by inference; from cause; from sign; from example; from analogy; differs from persuasion; with persuasion. Argumentative themes. Arnold. Arrangement: _see_ coherence; in argument; summary of. Attendant circumstances: argument from. Authority: appeals to in argument. Auxiliary verbs. Ayton.

Bagley. Baldwin. Ballad. Bancroft. Belief: necessity in debate; establishing a general theory; basis of. Beveridge. Biography. Blank verse. Boardman. Bourdillon. Bowles. Bradley. Brief. Brown. Browning. Bryant. Budgell. Burke. Burns. Burroughs. Byron.

Cable.
Camp.
Capitals.
Cary.
Case.
Cause and effect:
development of paragraph by use of;
development of composition by use of;
use in exposition;
use in argument.
Cautions and suggestions:
use of figures of speech;
in debating;
use of pronouns;
use of adjectives;
use of verbs;
use of adverbs;
prepositions.
Character sketch.
Choice of words:
adapted to reader;
as to meaning;
simple.
Clark.
Classification.
Clauses: restrictive and non-restrictive.
Clearness.
Climax:
in narration;
in argument;
as figure of speech.
Coherence:
definition;
in outline;
in composition;
arrangement of details;
arrangement of facts in exposition;
aided by outline;
in argument;
in sentences.
Coleridge.
Colon: rules for.
Colton.
Comma: rules for.
Comparison:
as an aid to formation of images;
development of a paragraph by;
definitions supplemented by;
as a method of developing a composition;
as an aid in establishing fundamental image;
as an aid to effectiveness in description;
use in exposition;
analogy;
of adjectives;
of adverbs.
Complete and incomplete verbs.
Composition:
kinds of;
general principles of.
Conclusion.
Conjugation.
Conjunctions.
Connolly.
Connor.
Constructions:
of nouns;
of personal pronouns;
of relative pronouns;
of adjectives.
Contrast:
development of a paragraph by;
development of a composition by;
use in exposition.
Conversation.
Cooper.
Copeland-Rideout.
Correction of themes.

Darwin.
Dash: rules for.
Debate:
value of;
statement of question;
necessity of belief;
order of presentation;
cautions.
Deductive reasoning: errors of.
Definition:
by synonym;
by use of simpler words;
definitions to be supplemented;
first step in exposition;
logical;
difficulty in framing;
inexact.
Description:

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