English Composition and Rhetoric: A Manual

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D. Appleton, 1884 - English language - 343 pages

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Contents

Use of Exclamation
60
CHAPTER II
66
CHAPTER III
73
Opposed to Obscurity and Vagueness
75
The Condensed Sentence used for Comic effect
77
Parallelism in drawing comparisons
86
Conditions of Strength in Composition
95
Conditions similar to those of Strength
102
The Ludicrous defined
108
Wit combined with the Ludicrous
109
Involves the voice and the ear
110
Abrupt consonants should alternate with vowels
111
Alternation of vowel and consonant in successive words
112
Varying the letters
113
The closing syllables of a sentence
114
Variety of sound in composition generally
115
HARMONY OF SOUND AND SENSE 126 An example of the general Law of Harmony
116
Imitation of Movements
117
Bulk expressed by slowness of rhythm
119
Meanings of Taste
120
CHAPTER V
122
The Participial construction in the Period
124
The periodic form favorable to Unity
125
Balance aids the Memory
126
Extreme form of the Balance
127
Balance with Obverse Iteration
128
Keeping up the same leading term
129
Use of the proper Conjunctions
142
Fourth Requisite Freedom from dislocation
151
CONTENTS 13
154
Any feature may be chosen suggesting a comprehensive aspect Examples of the general rule
155
Origin of the tendency to Exaggeration
156
Third Description aided by Individuality
157
Fourth Description by Associated Circumstances
158
Associated human Feelings in Description
159
Description of Mind First the proper vocabulary of Mind
160
Second Feelings may be suggested by their Associations
162
Description involved in all other kinds of Composition
163
In Poetry What Descriptions may be undertaken by the poet
164
CHAPTER II
166
First rule To follow the Order of Events
167
A backward reference may be necessary
168
Sometimes what is recent is best to start from
169
A comprehensive scheme possible in narrative
170
Contending parties Danger of stealthy transition
171
Fourth The Explanatory Narrative
174
Interest or the gratification of the Feelings
176
Sixth History based on Geography
178
A nations existence analyzed into departments
179
History involves the arts of Exposition and of Poetry
183
Much of what has been said on History applies to Biography
184
CHAPTER III
185
Constituents of Science
186
Whenever truth is expressed generally we have Science
187
Individual facts by themselves not peculiar to science
188
Defining by Particulars
189
The two methods combined
190
The Extreme Case in exposition
192
The choice of Examples and Illustrations with this view
202
The conditions of the employment of Illustrations for expository ends
203
Calling attention to Difficulties
205
Inferences and Applications serve to elucidate principles
207
232
208
Various forms of the Paragraph
210
Management of novel terms
211
CHAPTER IV
212
Oratory of the Law Courts
213
Pulpit Oratory Cultivation of the Religious Feelings
215
An orator has to overbear mens special views by means of larger principles of action
219
ability to the minds addressedHistory of the abolition of the Censorship of the press in England
220
MEANS OF PERSUASION
223
A thorough knowledge of the subject a chief requisite Re sources of language and illustration also requisite
224
Different aspects of Persuasion
225
Persuasion as based on Description Narration or Exposition
226
Persuasion aided by all the arts that impress ideas
228
An Argument defined
229
Deductive Arguments
230
Inductive Arguments
231
Arguments from Analogy
233
Probable Arguments
234
Devices for stifling Arguments
236
Number and Order of Arguments
237
Separating the arguments on the other side
238
Kind of Refutation called Argumentum ad hominem
240
Exposure of defective Arguments from Analogy
241
Debate often turns on opposing Probabilities
242
Tactics of Debate
243
Oratory of the FEELINGS Classes of human motives
244
First our own Pleasures and Pains considered as remote
245
Secondly Sympathy with the Pleasures and Pains of others
248
Fear Love Vanity and Pride Anger Ridicule Fine Art Emotion the Moral Senti ment
249
Management of the Feelings generally
255
The Demeanor of the Speaker
256
CHAPTER V
257
Subjects and Form peculiar to Poetry Pure and mixed kinds
259
External Nature furnishes materials for Poetry
260
Our interest in Humanity enters into Poetry
262
Concreteness and Combination are characteristic of Poetry
263
SPECIES OF POETRY
274
VERSIFICATION
285
Examples of the different Measures
286
Rhymed Verse
292
Dr Campbells allegorical comparison of Probability
299
Robert Halls Reflections on War The Sentence Pathos 306
306
Gibbons Description of Arabia Sentence Paragraph
313
Hobbes on Laughter Sentence Paragraph Exposition
324
Drydens criticisms on Ben Jonson and Shakespeare Sen tence Paragraph Exposition
327
Expository Extract from Mr Samuel Bailey Application of Principles
330
Expository and moralizing passage from Macaulay
333
Confused chain of reasoning from Campbells Rhetoric
335
Passage from Adam Smith Exposition applied to Moral Suasion
336
Oratorical passage from Demosthenes on the Crown
338
Coleridges Mont Blanc Poetic rendering of Nature
341
Byrons Thunder Storm The Impressiveness of Action
342
Dyers Grongar Hill Poetical Description
343

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