Model English: Book I, The Development of Thought Introduction . 1 Imitation 5 I. SENTENCE. Precepts : 1. The Period and the Loose Sentence .... 9 2. Suspension of Sense in the Period .... 10 3. Development of Periods 11 Exercises : I.-XVIL Imitation of Periods 16 XVIII.-XX. Analysis of Periods 36 n. PARAGRAPH. Precepts : 1. Definition and Topic 46 2. Principal Qualities of the Paragraph .... 47 3. Exercises XXI.-XXV., on the Qualities ... 55 4. Development of the Paragraph 66 Exercises : XXVI.-XLIII. Imitation of Paragraphs ... 74 XLIV.-XLVI. Analysis of Paragraphs ... 100 III. NARRATION. Precepts : 1. Definition and Essential Points . . . 116 2. Analysis of a Narration 117 Exercises : XLVII.-XLVIII. Imitation and Analysis of Narrations 120 IV. DESCRIPTION. Precepts : 1. Definition and Essential Points 123 2. Analysis of a Description 124 Exercises : XLIX.-LII. Imitation of Descriptions .... 127 LIII.-LV. Analysis of Descriptions .... 133 V. ESSAY — CONNECTED PARAGRAPHS. Precepts : Essential Points 146 Exercises : LVI.-LXXI. Imitation and Analysis .... 148 APPENDIX 189 INDEX OF SELECTIONS 193 ILLUSTRATIONS. Washington Irving Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Hudson River at West Point .... 42 Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle .... 52 " One of Those Wild Streams " 59 "Old Jack Falstaff" ....... 87 Boston Common "in the Depth of Winter" ... 98 "Nooks of Still Water." Sleepy Hollow . . .108 A New England Fireside 129 Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stratford-on-Avon . 142 The Anglers 162 Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey . . . .174 Digitized by Google.

Book I formerly was called Imitation and analysis. cf. Pref

book I. The development of thought. 1920.--book II. The qualities of style. 1919

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