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  • A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges

    Document thumbnail: A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges
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    Description/Abstract:
    1891 printing to the 1891 text. The author is credited as a Doctor of Laws in English, and as Late Professor of Rhetoric and of the English Language and Literature in the College of New Jersey, as the former principal of the New Jersey State Normal School, and as the author of a series of textbooks. A composition textbook designed for use by students with examples for practice. Part one (style) chapters cover punctuation, diction, purity, propriety, precision, kinds of sentences, rules for construction of sentences, figures of speech, special properties (sublimity, beauty, wit, humor), versification, poetry, prose (letters, diaries, news, editorials, history, etc.). Part two (invention) covers objects, transactions, abstract subjects, imaginary subjects, personal narratives, and descriptions. A chapter on proof-reading includes system of notation for correcting student writing. In addition to exercises, includes illustrative examples from celebrated writers. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1891
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0