English: Composition and Literature. William Franklin Webster

of Story contains Characters, Place, and Time.

      Incidents generally follow in Order of Time.

      3. Movement.

      4. Use of Description in Narration.

      5. Some General Considerations.

Literature

      The Great Stone Face, The Gentle Boy, The Gray Champion, Roger Malvin’s Burial, and other Stories. Hawthorne.

      Tales of a Wayside Inn. Longfellow.

      The Gold Bug. Poe.

      Marmion, or The Lady of the Lake. Scott.

      A Christmas Carol, or The Cricket on the Hearth. Dickens.

      The Vision of Sir Launfal, and other Narrative Poems. Lowell.

      An Incident of the French Camp, Hervé Riel, The Pied Piper, How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix. Browning.

      Meaning of the Author, calling for

      A Study of Words.

      Outline of Story.

      Turning Points in the Story.

      Central Idea, or Purpose of the Story.

      Method of the Author.

      Is there a Main Incident?

      Do all other Incidents converge to it?

      Is the Order a Sequence of Time alone?

      Is the Interest centred in Characters or Plot?

      Style of the Author.

      Compare the Works of the Author.

      DESCRIPTION

Composition To secure Accuracy of Expression (pp. 49-88)

      I. Definition and General Discussion.

      Difficulties in Language as a Means of Picturing.

      Value of Observation.

      II. Structure of Whole.

      a. To secure Unity.

      Select a Point of View.

      b. To secure Coherence.

      Arrange Details in Natural Order.

      c. To secure Emphasis.

      Arrange and proportion Treatment to effect your Purpose.

      III. Paragraph Structure.

      Definition.

      Length of Paragraphs.

      Development of Paragraphs.

      IV. Words.

      Specific rather than General.

      Adjectives, Nouns, and Verbs.

      V. Figures Of Speech (pp. 257-268).

      Based on Likeness.

      Based on Sentence Structure.

      Miscellaneous Figures.

Literature

      The Old Manse, The Old Apple Dealer. Hawthorne.

      An Indian-Summer Reverie, The Dandelion, The Birch, The Oak, and other Descriptive Poems. Lowell.

      The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe.

      The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Selections from the Sketch Book. Irving.

      Selections from Childe Harold. Byron.

      The Deserted Village. Goldsmith.

      Julius Cæsar. Shakespeare.

      Poems selected from Palgrave’s Golden Treasury.

      Meaning of the Author (as under Narration).

      Method of the Author.

      Does the Author keep his Point of View?

      Are the Details arranged in a Natural Order?

      Has any Detail a Supreme Importance?

      Are the Details treated in Proper Proportion?

      Has the Whole a Unity of Effect? Do you see the Picture distinctly?

      For what Purpose has the Author used Description?

      Does the Author employ Figures?

      Style of the Author.

      EXPOSITION, PARAGRAPHS, VERSE FORMS

Composition To encourage Logical Thinking and Adequate Expression (pp. 89-2)Exposition

      I. Definition and General Considerations.

      II. Exposition of Terms. Definition.

      III. Exposition of Propositions.

      a. Clear Statement of the Proposition in a “Key Sentence.”

      This will limit

      b. The Discussion.

      1. What shall be included?

      2. What shall be excluded?

      3. How shall Important Matters be emphasized?

      Mass and Proportion.

      Expansion and Condensation.

      To effect these ends use an

      4. Outline.

Paragraphs (pp. 151-3)

      I. Definition.

      II. Length of Paragraphs.

      III. Development of Paragraphs.

      IV. Principles of Structure.

      Unity.

      Mass.

      Coherence.

Verse Forms (pp. 269-291)

      Poetry Defined.

      Kinds of Feet.

      Number of Feet in a Verse.

      Substitutions and Rests.

      Kinds of Poetry.

Literature

      Essay on Milton. Macaulay.

      Essay on Addison. Macaulay.

      Commemoration Ode. Lowell.

      The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Coleridge.

      Intimations of Immortality, and other Poems. Wordsworth.

      Selections from Palgrave’s Golden Treasury.

      The Bunker Hill Oration, or Adams and Jefferson. Webster.

      Sesame and Lilies. Ruskin.

      Meaning of the Author.

      Outline showing the Main Thesis with the Dependence

      of Subordinate Propositions.

      Method of the Author.

      Does he hold to his Point and so gain Unity

      Does he arrange his Material so as to secure Emphasis?

      Does one Paragraph grow out of another?

      Does each Paragraph treat a Single Topic?

      Are the Sentences dovetailed together?

      Does the Author use Figures?

      Are the Figures Effective?

      Are his Words General or Specific?

      Style of the Author.

      Is