Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric

D. Appleton, 1859 - English language - 451 pages

LESSON PART I	13

Origin of Spoken Language	17

Written Language	20

Alphabetic Writing	24

Formation of Language	29

Origin of the English Language	34

VII Origin of the English Language continued	41

Origin of the English Language continued	47

Exercise on Figures	260

Style and its Varieties	262

LESSON PAGE LV Exercise on the Varieties of Style	267

Essential Properties of Style Purity Propriety	270

LVIL Exercise on Purity and Propriety	277

Precision	279

Clearness or Perspicuity	284

Exercise on Clearness	291

Analysis of the English Language	52

Characteristics of the English Language	57

Parts of Speech	61

Sentences	67

Capital Letters	74

Exercise on Capitals	79

PART II	81

The Period	86

The Interrogationpoint The Exclamationpoint XVIII The Colon	97

The Semicolon 8 6 6 6 2 2	100

The Comma	104

The Comma continued XXIL The Comma continued	108

The Comma continued	118

The Comma continued	123

The Comma continued	128

XXVL The Dash	131

Parentheses Brackets	136

Apostrophe Hyphen Quotationpoints	141

Exercise on the Apostrophe the Hyphen and Quotationpoints	147

Other Marks used in Writing and Printing	149

Grammatical Inaccuracies	155

Exercise in False Syntax	160

PART III	163

Taste Its Universality and Cultivation	169

Elements and Characteristics of Taste	173

Standard of Taste	178

Pleasures of the Imagination PAGR 104 10୧ 113	183

Sources of the Pleasures of the Imagination The Novel The Won derful The Picturesque	188

The Sublime	194

The Sublime in Writing	199

The Sublime in Writing continued XLII The Sublime in Writing continued	206

The Beautiful	214

Gracefulness Tao Beautiful in the Human Countenance in Sound and in Writing	221

Wit	225

Humor and Ridicule	231

Figures of Orthography Etymology and Syntax	235

Figurative Language	239

Exercises on Figurative Language	245

Figures of Rhetoric	246

Exercise on Figures	253

Rules for the Use of Rhetorical Figures	254

Strength	298

Harmony	299

Exercise on Harmony 808	308

Unity 809	309

The Forming of Style 818	313

Criticism 818	318

PROSE COMPOSITION LXVII Invention Analysis of Subjects 825	325

Amplification 829	328

Revision and Correction of Compositions 884	334

Exercise in Amplification 837	336

Exercise on Plain and Figurative Language 837	337

Exercise in Extended Simile 888	338

Exercise in Allegory 839	339

Exercise in Hyperbolo 840	340

Exercises in Vision and Apostrophe 841	341

Exercises in Climax and Antithesis 842	342

Exercise in Parallels 843	343

Exercise in Defining Synonymes 844	344

Exercise in Abridging 846	346

Exercise in Criticism	347

Description of Material Objects 848	348

Description of Natural Scenery and Persons 850	350

Narration Argument Exposition Speculation	353

Letters	355

Exercise in Biography 872	372

Fiction 874	374

Essays 879	379

Exercises in EssayWriting 885	385

Theses or Argumentative Discourses 885	392

PART V	400

Stanzas Sonnets Heroic Verse Blank Verse	406

Rhymes Pauses	413

OVIII Varieties of Poetry	418

Specimen ProofSheet	424

Explanation of Marks used on the Specimen ProofSteet	426

List of Subjects	427

86	428

៩ ៩ ៩ គ 100	429

245	430

Table of Abbreviations 48K Index ዕሊ	435

Title	Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric
Author	George Payn Quackenbos
Publisher	D. Appleton, 1859
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	2 Dec 2009
Length	451 pages

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