ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BOSTON

WILLARD SMALL, PUBLISHER

No. 24 FRANKLIN STREET

1891

VI. WORDS: LONG WORDS versus SHORT WORDS;

ANGLO-SAXON WORDS versus LATIN WORDS;

SIMPLE WORDS versus "FINE WRITING"

EXERCISE VI

VII. SENTENCES: PUNCTUATION

EXERCISE VII .

SENTENCES: SOLECISMS

VIII.

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41

46

47

51

XII. PARAGRAPHS: UNITY, EMPHASIS, AND CO-

SCHEME OF SUBJECT MATTER.

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ABBREVIATIONS.-M. McElroy's Structure of English Prose, A. C.
Armstrong & Son, 1890: referred to by sections. H. A. S. Hill's Prin-
ciples of Rhetoric, Harper & Brothers, 1889: referred to by pages. S.=
Longmans' School Composition, by David Salmon, Longmans, Green &
Co., 1890: referred to by sections. W. Wendell's English Composi
tion, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. The corresponding passages in
Genung's Practical Elements of Rhetoric, Ginn & Co., 1890, can be
readily found by the index.

ELEMENTS OF STYLE.

Words. Sentences. Paragraphs.

Whole Compositions.

QUALITIES OF STYLE.

Clearness.

Force.

Elegance.

I. GOOD USE: -M. 96-9, 102; H. 1-11; W. 11-28.

II. WORDS: -

1. Barbarisms: M. 136, 142, 143, 144; H. 19-30; S. 131;
W. 43-47.

2. Improprieties: M. 154; H. 50-62; S. 93–95; W. 48–50.
3. Vocabulary: M. 172, 174, 176; H. 63, 64; W. 50-52.
4. Number of words: M. 194, 195; H. 104-128; S.

368-377; W. 63–67.

5. Long words and short words: S. 114, 115; W. 57, 58.
6. Anglo-Saxon words and Latin words: M. 184, 187;
H. 74-79; S. 111-113, 115-118; W. 52-57.

7. "Fine Writing" and Euphemisms: H. 80-83; S.
119-126.

1. Punctuation: H. 249-288; W. 82, 83.

2. Solecisms: M. 145, 152, 153; H. 31-49; S. 208-220,
236-260, 269-335; W. 76–81.

3. Long sentences and short sentences: M. 223-225;
H. 155; S. 336-341; W. 89 ff.

4. Periodic sentences and loose sentences: M. 213,
216, 217; H. 152-154; S. 344-350; W. 84-89.