English: Composition and Literature

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 (#x2_x_2_i0)-88 (#litres_trial_promo))

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 (#litres_trial_promo)-268 (#litres_trial_promo)).

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.