the Essential Feature.
c. Narration with Plot.
1. Selection of Main Incident of first Importance.
It gives to the story
Unity,
ridding it of
Long Introductions and Conclusions,
Tedious Enumerations, and
Irrelevant Details.
2. Arrangement of Material.
Close of Story contains Main Incident.
Opening 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.
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
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.
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
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.
