New words, 40.
Nouns, syntax of, 45.
Nouns, exercise on, 47.
Nice, use of, 65.
Neglect, synonym of, 69.
Number of words, 106.

exercise on, 108-110.
Narration, 284-291.
kinds of, 284-286.
style of, 287, 288.
parts, 288.
framework, 288.

practice in, 288-290.
exercise in, 290.

News, 285.

Novel, kinds, 286.

principles of, 286, 287.

classification, 300, 301.

means of, 301.

style, 301.
theme, 302.
exercise, 303.
Pastorals, 307.

Poetry, 304-310.
Pauses, 317.

Proof, correcting, 324, 327.
Predicate, what it consists of, 3.
its modifiers, 3.
position of, 92.
varying of, 168.

exercise on, 170.

Punctuation, 23-36.

general exercise on, 35-37.

Period, rules for, 30.

exercise on, 31, 32.

Parentheses, rules for, 33.

exercise on, 34.

Purity, rhetorical, what it consists in, 39
standard of, 39.

errors in, 39.

exercises on, 42-44.

Purity, grammatical, 45.

of nouns and pronouns, 45.
of pronouns, 46, 47.

48.

of verbs, agreement, 49.

exercise on, 13-15.

its method of treatment, 305, 306.

its divisions, 306–309.

questions on, 309, 310.

Periodic sentences, defined, II.

Picturesqueness, poetry, 190-193.

Poetic epithets, 192.

words, 193, 194.

Pleonasm, 107.

Proverbs, 116.

Parentheses, 128.

exercise on, 151–154.

description, 293.

writing of, 273-278.

Parallel construction, 150.
Phrases or clauses,

rhetorical value of, 211.

exercise on, 218, 219.

Q.

Style, 1.

S.

Style, its qualities, 234.
Social meanings, 41.

Slang, 41.

kinds of, I.

simple sentence, 1.

subjects of, 2.

its qualifiers, 2.

exercise on, 4, 5.

combined, contracted, and ex-

panded, 168, 169.

exercise on, 171, 173.

complex sentences, 6.

its clauses, 6.

exercise on, 7, 8.
contracted, 170.

exercise on, 174, 175.
compound sentences, 9.

Subjunctive mood, 52.
Short sentences, 12.
exercise on, 15, 16.
Subject, position of, 92.
Strength, defined, 106.

where desirable, 106.
how promoted, 106.
from number of words, 106.
from order of words, 111-113.
from forcible words, 116, 117.
from variety, 120, 121.
general exercise on, 124-127.
Suspense, 112.

Supplementary clauses, 129.

Synonyms, 176.

exercise on, 179.

what they consist of, 9.
relation between parts,
made, 9.

how

Syntax,

what members are, 9.

one member may be abbre-

viated, 9.

exercise on, 9, 10.

contracted, 170.

exercise on, 173, 174.

Sentence, rhetorical, II.

classification, II.

kinds of rhetorical sentences, II.

periodic sentence, II.

loose sentence, II.

compromise sentence, 12.

balanced sentence, 12.

defined, 12.

exercise on, 19.

short sentences defined, 12.

long sentences, 12.

topic sentence, 146.
Semi-colon, rules for, 26, 27.

exercise on, 28, 29.

Style, defined, 38.

its elements, 38.

its importance, 38.
means of attaining, 38.

Simple lyric, 309.

Satiric poetry, 309.

Scanning, defined, 315.

Stanza, the, defined, 319.
elegiac, 319.

of five lines, of six lines, 319.

of seven lines, of eight, 320.
Spenserian, 320.

T.

Tenses, 52, 53.
This and that, 55.
To, of the infinitive, 56.
Transpire, use of, 65.
To a degree, use of, 65.
Truth, synonym of, 70.
Tautology, defined, 107.

when permissible, 107.
Transition, 116.
Things unconnected, 128.
Topic sentence, 146.
Transposing, prose, 177.

exercise on, 180, 181.

poetry, 184, 205.

Unity, exercise on, 130–132.
of paragraph, 149.

V.

Verbs, agreement, 49, 50.
exercise on, 51.

moods, tenses, 52, 53-
exercise on, 53, 54.
auxiliaries, 55.
Visitor, synonym of, 69.
Variety, strength from, 120, 121
exercise on, 121-123.
in paragraphs, 150.
Vision, 121, 207.

Variety of expression, 160-205.
of prose, 160-183.
of poetry, 183-205.
explanation, 160.

kinds, how attained, 160.
of construction, 162.
how secured, 162.
poetry to prose, 184.
methods, 184-187.

Vituperation, defined, 253.

rendered effective by, 254.

205.

Terms, concrete, specific, 194.

Travesty, 255.

Taste, defined, 256.

Themes, general, 270-273.

its parts, 321.

exercise on, 320, 321.

Verse, a, defined, 312.

kinds of, 312.

mixed, 316.

Theme, a, 278-284.

Travels, 285.

W.