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  • A First Manual of Composition: Revised

    Document thumbnail: A First Manual of Composition: Revised
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    Description/Abstract:
    1902 printing of the 1902 copyrighted text. The author is credited as a Ph.D. and as Associate Professor of English in Lewis Institute and as the author of additional books. This revised and rearranged version of an earlier text is best adapted for the first two years of high school. The six chapters are composition in general, punctuation and sentence-structure, correctness in the sentence, description, narration, exposition and argument. The first chapter drills the student in reproduction, summary, and letter writing. The second chapter asks students to learn by hearty forty typical sentences with their punctuation. The third chapter covers practical grammar and idiom. The last three chapters are the second year, dealing with types of discourse; principles of unity, sequence, and contrast; the description chapter uses pictures; and spelling. Exercises are used throughout. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Lewis, Edwin Herbert, 1866-1938
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/20/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/20/2019
    Date Created:
    1902
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Elements of Rhetoric and English Composition: First and Second High School Courses

    Document thumbnail: Elements of Rhetoric and English Composition: First and Second High School Courses
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    Description/Abstract:
    1902 printing of the 1900 copyrighted work. The first high school course was initially published separately in 1899. The author is credited as Professor of Rhetoric and English Composition in Columbia University. This text by Carpenter builds on his previous Exercises in Rhetoric and English Composition that was published roughly 10 years prior. Based on the conclusions of the committees of ten and fifteen, the author is working from the conclusions that students in high school should received the same rhetorical training as those in college; that training should be at least two years; the first course should focus on words and the structure of sentences and paragraphs, and the second should focus on the main principles of exposition, narration, description, and (perhaps) argument; that students have abundant practice in applying principles; that correctness, clearness, directness, and simplicity of style should be emphasized. The author credits Barrett Wendell and F. N. Scott as influences. Exercises are provided throughout.The appendix also includes suggestions for "home reading" and "words frequently misused." The Schultz Archive includes the complete text (although it is missing pages 246-53), and it is good quality.
    Creator/Author:
    Carpenter, George R. (George Rice), 1863-1909
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/07/2019
    Date Created:
    1902
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0