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  • Practical Rhetoric and Composition: A Complete and Practical Discussion of Capital Letters, Punctuation Letter-Writing, Style, and Composition

    Document thumbnail: Practical Rhetoric and Composition: A Complete and Practical Discussion of Capital Letters, Punctuation Letter-Writing, Style, and Composition
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    Description/Abstract:
    1887 copyrighted text. Author is credited with a Master of Arts, a PhD, as Ex-President of Delaware College, and as the author of several educational texts. The preface states to be a treatise on rhetoric and composition that is practical and teachable. It identifies two objectives: teaching ease, grace, fluency and correctness; enabling discernment and appreciation of literary works. Lessons are followed by copious exercises. These exercises include criticism of faulty expressions and construction of sentences, figures, etc. The section headings are: capital letters, punctuation, letter-writing, rhetoric (broken into style, sentences, paragraphing, figurative language, variety of expression, special properties of style and varieties of style), composition (broken into invention, parts of composition, prose composition, poetry, and versification), and rhetoric and literature. The Schultz Archive copy includes the preface, TOC, and pages 54 – 93, and 258 - 285. Some pages are difficult to read due to quality of the copying.
    Creator/Author:
    Raub, Albert N. (Albert Newton), 1840-1904
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/11/2020
    Date Created:
    1887
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Lessons in English: a practical course of language lessons and elementary grammar

    Document thumbnail: Lessons in English: a practical course of language lessons and elementary grammar
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    Description/Abstract:
    Text copyrighted in 1880 and 1894. Author credited with a Master of Arts, a Ph.D, as the President of Delaware College, Newark, Delaware, and as the author of several texts. Preface states the text uses an inductive process, teaching first the idea, then the name, and lastly the definition, followed by its application. Only the simplest and most necessary principles are discussed and illustrated. Includes the author's system of diagramming, or written analysis. Preface are recommends object lessons combined with systematic culture in language. The text also contain pictorial illustrations. The Schultz Archive includes roughly the first 83 pages.
    Creator/Author:
    Raub, Albert N. (Albert Newton), 1840-1904
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/11/2020
    Date Created:
    1894
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0