Elements of English composition,

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. [The references below are to pages; f. signifies " and following page "; ft. signifies " and following pages."] Abstracts, 230 f. Accent in prosody, 402. Accessory facts,inintroduction,131, 253. Accuracy in use of words, 30. See Correctness, Precision. Action in stories, 124 ff.; advanced by conversation, 139; divided, 144 ff.; in description, 166 ff., 169 f., 191 f.; in explanation, examples, 199 f., 201 f.; words expressing, 125 ff., 190. Exer- cises, 125 ff., 152 ff., 359 f. Active and passive, 47. Adaptation to the reader, 111. See Appropriateness. Addison, Joseph, 185, 360. Address of a letter, 81. Adjectives, study of, 33, 374 ff.; adjectives, phrases, and clauses, 47; errors in use of, 385. See Words. Adventure, stories of, 147, 149 f. Adverbs, adverbial phrases and clauses, 47. Advertisements, 103 ff.; specimens, 96 f., 103 ff. Exercises, 103 ff. Msop, 148. Exercises based on, 26, 130, 154, 358. Allegory, 148, 336. Alliteration, 418. Ambiguity, 345, 389 f. Analogy. See Comparison. Anapaest and anapaestic verse, 403 f., 411, 413. And, abuse of, 72,282 f.; and which, 385. Anecdotes, specimens, 24, 64. See Stories. Announcements, 101 ff. Exercises, 102 f. Antecedent or accessory facts, state- ment of, in introductiou, 131,253. Anticlimax, 294. Antithesis, 290 ff. See Contrast. Antonyms, 37 ff.; compared with synonyms, 38; list, 38 f.; forma- tion, 40. Exercises, 38 ff. Apostrophe, sign, 398; figure of speech, 336. Appreciation, 6, 124, 241 ff. Appropriateness, 312 ff., 322 ff.; special questions of, 325 f. Archaisms, 307 f., 326; in poetry, 308. Argument, 244 ff.; relation to ex- planation, 244, 248, 253; kinds of argument, 245 f.; of fact, 247 f.; of theory or principle, 248 f.; of policy, 249 ff.; from authority, 250 f.; persuasion, 251 f....