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On page 257, is a picture of a beautiful statue, named "For Fatherland." It stands for a deep thought. In any country what would manhood do in defense of its fatherland? Write two paragraphs about the picture,—one telling a person that has not seen it how it looks; the other telling the thought that is the soul of this beautiful group.

Write a paragraph on one of the following topics: (a) If we should again be called to defend our land from a foreign foe, millions of young men would spring to arms, rejoicing in the opportunity of showing their love for fatherland.

(b) How much one man can do, even in times of peace, to exalt a nation before the whole world is shown in the glorious achievements of our honored President.

RULES FOR CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION.

I. A Capital Letter is used to begin:

1. the first word of every sentence;

2. proper nouns, and most words derived from proper nouns: 3. the first word of a direct quotation;

4. the words I and O;

5. the first word of a line of poetry;

6. names of months, holidays, and days of the week;

7. names applied to the Deity;

8. the first word and every important word of a title;

9. an abbreviation, if the entire word should begin with a capital;

10. the name of a point of the compass when used to denote a section of the country;

II. the greeting and the complimentary close of a letter.

II. A Period is used to close:

I. a statement, a command, or a wish, except when sudden, strong feeling is expressed;

2. an abbreviation or an initial;

3. a letter-heading, a signature, or a title used alone.

III. A Question Mark follows every direct question.

IV. An Exclamation Mark is used to close every expression of sudden, strong feeling. It is generally used after interjections and the exclamatory form of sentences.

V. A Comma or Commas should be used to separate:

I. words and expressions used in a series, unless all the connecting words are expressed;

2. the name of the person or thing addressed from the rest of the sentence;

3. an appositive from the word it modifies;

4. adjectives in the appositive position from the noun they modify;

5. words, phrases, or clauses, either explanatory or parenthetical, from the rest of the sentence;

6. phrases and clauses out of their natural order from the rest of the sentence;

7. a short, informal quotation from the words of the author; 8. the propositions of a compound sentence, if they are

simple;

9. a clause from the main proposition of a complex sentence. if the relation is loose, or if the clause is long;

10. the words Yes and No from the rest of a sentence;
11. the items of a letter-heading, date, and address.

VI. A Semicolon is used:

I. to separate the propositions of a compound sentence, if they
are long, or if the propositions themselves contain com-
mas, or in most cases when the connective is omitted;
2. to follow the words of an author, when these words are
inserted between the independent propositions of a broken
quotation.

VII. An Apostrophe is used to indicate:

I. possession;

2. the omission of letters in contractions.

VIII. Quotation Marks should inclose: — 1. every direct quotation;

2. each part of a broken quotation.

IX. Quotation Marks should not inclose an indirect quotation.

INDEX

The Roman numerals iii and iv refer to Parts Three and Four which comprise the
book in the series.

ACTIVE Voice, iv, 130.
Adjective clauses, iv, 63-71.
Adjective phrases, iv, 35.
Adjectives, defined, iii, 22-23, iv, 30;
their use, iii, 23, iii, 91; when capi-
talized, iii, 92; forms of, iii, 102-
104; how changed to adverbs,
iii, 104; used after certain verbs,
iii, 104; comparison of, iii, 120-
125, iv, 123-125; predicate, iv, 31;
interrogative, iv, 113; classes of,
iv, 121-122; construction of, iv,
126.

Adverbial clauses, iv, 71-76.
Adverbial nouns, iv, 45-46.
Adverbial phrases, iv, 35.
Adverbs, use of, iii, 37-39; defined,
iii, 39, iv, 32-33; forms of, iii, 102-
104; how formed from adjectives
ending in y, iii, 104; not used after
certain verbs, iii, 104; comparison
of, iii, 120-125, iv, 188; conjunc-
tive, iv, 69-72; classes of, iv, 187-
188.
Agreement of verbs, iii, 6, iii, 92, iii,
114, iv, 154-155.
Almost, use of, iii, 125.
America (S. F. Smith), iii, 131.
American Flag, The (Drake), iv, 248.
Amicis, Edmondo de, The Heart of
a Boy, extract from, iii, 51.
Among, use of, iii, 30.
Antecedent, iv, 91.
Apostrophe, not used with possessive
pronouns, iii, 46.

Appeal to Arms, An (Henry), iv,
235.

Appositive, iv, 48, iv, 102.
Articles, iv, 122–123.

As, use of, iii, 77-78, iv, 115.
At, use of, iii, 30.

Attribute complement, iv, 16.

Between, use of, iii, 30.
Building of the Ship (Longfellow),
extract from, iii, 33, iv, 256.

Can, use of, iii, 16, iv, 162–163.
Capitals, for proper nouns, iii, 17;
rules for use of, iv, 259-260.
Case, definition of, iv, 102; nomina-
tive, iv, 102; objective, iv, 102;
possessive, iv, 102.

Clauses, iv, 63-83; adjective, iv, 63-
71; adverbial, iv, 71-76; defini-
tion of, iv, 60, iv, 78; dependent,
iv, 78; independent, iv, 78; noun,
iv, 77-83.

Collective nouns, iii, 114, iv, 88.
Columbus (L. H. Sigourney), iv, 230.
Common nouns, iii, 17, iv, 87.
Comparison, expressed without
like or as, iii, 79; defined, iii, 120-
122, iv, 123-124; degrees of, iii,
122, iv, 124; forms of, when used,
iii, 122; how written, iii, 123; ir-
regular, iii, 124; of adverbs, iv,
188.
Complements, iv, 15-26; attribute,
iv, 16; object, iv, 17-18; objec-
tive, iv, 21-24.

Complex sentence, iv, 77.
Compound elements, iv, 61-62.
Compound sentence, iv, 59-60, iv, 78.
Conjugation, iv, 142, iv, 168-173.
Conjunctions, iv, 60--62; use of, iii,
76, iv, 193-195; defined, iii, 77,
iv, 73; the word than, iii, 86; co-
ordinating, iv, 194; subordinating,
iv, 194.

Conjunctive adverbs, iv, 69-72, iv,

188.

Conjunctive pronouns, iii, 94, iv, 64-
68, iv, 93, iv, 113-116; inflection
of, iv, 106; omission of, iv, 115.
Construction of nouns, iv, 95-96; of
pronouns, iv, 96–98.

Coordinating conjunctions, iv, 194.
Copula, iv, 4, iv, 11-12.
Copulative verb, iv, 129.
Correlative adverbs, iv, 188.
Correlative conjunctions, iv, 195.
Could, use of, iv, 162-163.
Courtship of Miles Standish, The
(Longfellow), iii, 47.

Declarative sentences, iv, 3.
Declension of nouns, iv, 104-105; of
pronouns, iv, 105-106.
Definite article, iv, 122.
Demonstrative pronouns, iv, 93; in-
flection of, iv, 106; uses of, iv,
117-119.

Description, iv, 250-255; suggestions
for, iv, 251-253.

Descriptive adjectives, iv, 122.
Dictation, iii, 7, iii, 21, iii, 32, iii, 36,

iii, 46, iii, 115, iii, 125, iii, 127.
Do, conjugation of, iv, 145.
Dog of Flanders, A (Louise de la
Ramée), extracts from, iii, 88-90.
Drake, J. R., The American Flag,
iv, 248.

Each, use of, iii, 92.

Either, use of, iii, 93.

Emerson, R. W., extracts from, iii, 84.
Emphatic verb-phrases, iv, 149.
Every, use of, iii, 92.
Exclamatory sentences, iv, 3.

Farmer John (Trowbridge), iii, 40.
Farther, farthest, use of, iii, 125.
Few, use of, iii, 125.

Filling blanks, iii, 6, iii, 15, iii, 17,
iii, 24, iii, 31, iii, 37–38, iii, 68-69,
iii, 95, iii, 116.

Finch, F. M., Nathan Hale, iv, 246.
First Snow-Fall, The (Lowell), ex-
tract from, iii, 79.

Flag Goes By, The (H. H. Bennett),
iv, 248-249.

Hale, E. E., The Man without a
Country, iv, 249.

Have, conjugation of, iv, 145.
He, use of, iv, 109.

Heart of a Boy, The (de Amicis),
extract from, iii, 51.

Hemans, Felicia, The Landing of
the Pilgrims, iii, 42.

Henry, Patrick, An Appeal to Arms.
iv, 235.

Hide, conjugation of, iv, 170-173.
Holland, J. G., Wanted, iii, 130.
Huskers, The (Whittier), iii, 10.

Idea, an, iv, 1.

Imperative mode, iv, 152.
Imperative sentence, iv, 3.
In, use of, iii, 30.

Indefinite article, iv, 122.
Indefinite pronouns, iv, 94; inflec-
tion of, iv, 106; uses of, iv, 117–
119.

Independent words, iv, 57-58.
Indicative mode, iv, 151.
Indirect object, iv, 43-45.

Infinitives, iv, 136–140, iv, 176–181;
classes of, iv, 138-139; construc-
tions of, iv, 176-181; subject of,
iv, 178-182.

Inflection of nouns, iv, 98-105; of
pronouns, iv, 105-106; of verbs,
iv, 140-146.
Interjections, iv, 58.

Interrogative adjectives, iv, 113, iv,

122.

Interrogative adverbs, iv, 188.
Interrogative pronouns, iv, 93, iv,
105, iv, 112-113; inflection of, iv,
105; uses of, iv, 112-113.
Interrogative sentence, iv, 3.

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