(pp. 151-3)I. Definition.
II. Length of Paragraphs.
III. Development of Paragraphs.
IV. Principles of Structure.
Unity.
Mass.
Coherence.
Poetry Defined.
Kinds of Feet.
Number of Feet in a Verse.
Substitutions and Rests.
Kinds of Poetry.
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 it Clear?
Has it Force?
Is the Diction Elegant?
How has he gained these Ends?
SENTENCES, WORDS, ARGUMENT
I. Definition and Classification.
II. Principles of Structure.
a. Unity.
b. Mass.
1. Prominent Positions in a Sentence.
2. Periodic Sentences.
3. Loose Sentences.
c. Coherence.
1. Parallel Constructions.
2. Connectives.
Reputable Words.
Latin or Saxon Words.
General or Specific.
Figures of Speech.
The One Rule for the Use of Words.
I. Kinds of Argument.
II. Order of Arguments.
III. Refutation.
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Addison.
The Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith.
Silas Marner. Eliot.
Ivanhoe. Scott.
Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare.
Conciliation with the Colonies. Burke.
COMPOSITION
In the last year of the course, the compositions should be such as will test the maturer powers of the pupil. They should be written under the careful supervision of the teacher. They should be of all forms of discourse, and the subjects should be drawn from the subjects of study in the high school, especially from the literature.
LITERATURE
L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas. Milton.
Paradise Lost. Two Books. Milton.
Essay on Burns. Carlyle.
In Memoriam, The Princess, and other Poems. Tennyson.
Selections. Browning.
Selections. Emerson.
A History of English Literature
ENGLISH:
COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER I
FORMS OF DISCOURSE
Composition. Composition, from the Latin words con, meaning together, and ponere, meaning to place, signifies a placing together, a grouping or arrangement of objects or of ideas. This arrangement is generally made so that it will produce a desired result. Speaking accurately, the putting together is the composition. Much of the desired result is gained by care in the selection of materials. Placing together a well-worn book, a lamp, and a pair of heavy bowed spectacles makes a suggestive picture. The selection and grouping of these objects is spoken of as the composition of the picture. So in music, an author composes, when he groups certain musical tones and phrases so that they produce a desired effect. In literature, too, composition is, strictly speaking, the selection and arrangement of materials, whether the incidents of a story or the details of a description, to fulfill a definite purpose.
English Composition.
