Chapter I: Preface

The authors have endeavored to provide an unusually rich collection of material for work in composition,--material well arranged, well graded, well adapted for use in the seventh and eighth grades, and accompanied by a clear and suggestive statement of the grammatical and rhetorical principles involved. For skilled advice and assistance in connection with Chapters II-VI we are greatly indebted to Miss Jennie F. Owens, of the Jersey City Training School.

D. F. C.
G. R. C.

NEW YORK CITY, July, 1906.

CONTENTS

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TABLE OF SECTIONS ix

TABLE OF EXERCISES xiii

CHAPTER

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. THE SENTENCE 4

III. THE PARAGRAPH 29

IV. WORDS 49

V. CONDENSATION, EXPANSION, AND PARAPHRASE 69

VI. WHOLE COMPOSITIONS; OUTLINES 88

VII. ORAL COMPOSITION 102

VIII. THE DIARY 106

IX. THE LETTER 112

X. NARRATION 137

XI. DESCRIPTION 155

XII. NARRATION (_continued_) 188

XIII. EXPOSITION 199

XIV. ARGUMENT 214

XV. SECRETARIAL WORK 225

XVI. VERSIFICATION 234

XVII. PUNCTUATION 247