Value of illustration: Diagram, 201, 282. Illustrative incident, 248. Simplicity, 201. 4. Argument: Soundness of argument, 453, 454, 478. Eloquence, 453, 454, 478. iii. Exercises 1. Study of Models, 12, 19, 27, 78, 84, 121, 194, 220, 247, 256, 282, 318, 453, 464. 2. Dictation, 69, 88. 3. Reproduction: Oral, 36, 43, 53, 72, 88, 120, 124, 144, 151, 181, 194, 205, 208, 228, 247, 273, 282, 284, 293, 321, 336, 459. Written, 7, 144, 355, 371, 383. 4. Imaginative Composition: Oral, 336, 415. Written, 20, 120, 151, 194, 202, 208, 233, 236, 247, 248, 256, 282, 286, 390, 395, 403, 454, 460, 464, 478. 5. Gathering Material, 93, 131, 220, 282, 336, 429, 445, 464. 6. Making of Outlines: Analysis of models, 84, 92, 282. Original, 85, 93, 103, 131, 195, 208, 247, 282, 294, 336, 403. 7. Condensation: By omitting details, 304, 318, 355. Narratives written as dialogues, 273, 304. Abstracts (as newspaper headings), 464. 3. Expansion: From outlines, 85. From briefer passages, 395, 403, 445, 464. By illustration, 248. 9. Correction of Exercises, 20, 36, 62, 88, 104, 131, 220, 247, 371, 383, 403, 460. 10. Letter-writing, 54, 98, 103, 121, 159, 236, 286, 429. 11. Memory Exercises, 88, 106, 196, 205, 223, 375, 383, 399, 417, 429, 457, 460, 478. 12. Study of Verse (accent, rhyme, stanza, etc.), 42, 72, 106, 117, 127, 137, 147, 151, 196, 200, 205, 223, 235, 249, 264, 277, 288, 303, 322, 371, 373, 376, 401, 417, 457, 459. COMPOSITION LESSONS [Arranged in the order in which the topics are taken up.] 1. Narrative writing of direct quotations, 6. 2. Variety in introducing quotations, 19. 3. What to include in a sentence; combining sentences, 27. 4. Dictation, 34. 5. Variety in expression; use of antonyms, 34. 6. Exposition: "What I like best in The Great Stone Face," 36. 7. Oral reproduction: narrative, 43. 8. Unity of thought in sentence, 44. 9. Letter; use of may and can, 54. 10. Description; use of figurative language, 61. 11. Dictation, 69. 12. Study of paragraph: value of topic sentence; unity of paragraph, 78. 13. Making of outlines in narrative; study of model, 84. 14. Writing from outline; narrative, 85. 15. Dictation; correction by the pupil of his own work, 88. 16. Method in exposition; making of outline; study of model, 92-93. 17. Letter: description; value of comparisons, 98. 18. Letter: narrative, using outline, 103. 19. Clearness in description; models; description of persons, 120, 121. 20. Description: value of descriptive adjectives, 125. 21. Unity in whole composition; biographical sketch, 130, 131. 22. Narrative reproduction; value of direct quotation; model, 144. 23. Narrative: imaginative, 151. 24. Letter: description based on observation, 158, 159. 25. Feeling in narrative; imaginative writing of ghost story after study of model, 194, 195. 26. Exposition: clearness; value of illustration; directions for playing game, 201, 202. 27. Exposition based on observation; habits of animals observed; use of outline, 208, 209. 28. Value of contrast; pupil's correction of his own work, 220. 29. Conversation in narrative, 233. 30. Letter, imaginative, based on reading lesson, 236. 31. Autobiography; use of outline, 247. 32. Exposition and narration: value of illustration by story; illustration of proverb after explanation, 248. 33. Description: value of close observation, 256. 34. Writing of narrative in form of dialogue, 273, 274. 35. Gathering material for composition; making outline; study of model; diagram as aid to clearness, 232, 283. 36. Letter, based on reading lesson, 286. 37. Unity in composition, 294. 38. Length of composition; condensation of story into dialogue, 304. 39. Analysis of exposition; making outline; condensation, 318. 40. Oral composition; gathering material, 336. 41. Reproduction: narrative, 343. 42. Condensation: narrative, 355. 43. Reproduction; pupil's correction of his own work; memory exercise, 371. 44. Exposition, stating central thought of poem, 376. 45. Exposition, history of a word, 379. 46. Memory exercise: writing out of poem; pupil's correction of his own work, 383. 47. Condensation: writing of telegrams, 390. 48. Expansion: hint for story given, 395. 49. Expansion: hint for Christmas story given, 403. 50. Reproduction: narrative, 415. 51. Letter: imaginative sketch of early historical period, 429. 52. Expansion from one paragraph; gathering of material outside of class, 445. 53. Argument: study of model; writing of argument in dialogue, 454. 54. Historical sketch, 460. 55. Condensation: abstracts for newspaper articles; expansion from such abstracts, 464. 56. Argument: debate, "Was it right for Brutus to kill Cæsar?" 478. SIXTH YEAR LANGUAGE READER 1 THE GREAT STONE FACE [In the White Mountains, in New Hampshire, there is a remarkable cliff, which at a distance closely resembles a human face, and which is known as the Profile or the Old Man of the Mountains. This fact probably suggested the following story. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author, was born a hundred years ago in Salem, Massachusetts. Through a great part of his life he lived much to himself, dreaming over his fancies, and to this habit is due not only this charming tale, but many other stories and novels which have made him known as one of the greatest American writers. You have perhaps.already read stories from his Grandfather's Chair, A WonderBook, and Tanglewood Tales, or, if you have not, you will wish, after knowing this story, to become familiar with them.] ONE afternoon when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face. They had but to lift their eyes, and there it was plainly to be seen, though miles away, with the sunshine brightening all its features. And what was the Great Stone Face? The Great Stone Face was a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness, formed on the perpendicular side of a moun E |