CHT Weiter Monis Hrit COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS 897 79734 eng PREFACE IN the main, the present work is a revision of the author's Rhetoric and Composition, published some five or six years ago. A radical change of plan and the addition of a number of specimens of the different types of composition have seemed, however, to justify the use of a new title. The author wishes to repeat here his earlier acknowledgment of obligations to other writers in the same field. He wishes also to express his appreciation of the courtesy of the various publishers who have kindly permitted him to take illustrative material from works copyrighted or authoritatively published by them. M176255 Imitating good models-The study and application Composition a building up process-Sources of the writer's material-Individuality in writing-Import- ance of the habit of observing things. The function of the paragraph-The normal para- graph scheme-Developing the topic-Unity and coherence in the paragraph-The beginning and the ending-Length of the paragraph-Providing for 5. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE Unity in the sentence-Length of the sentence-Co- herence in the sentence-Typical causes of incoher- ence-Interdependence of sentences in the para- graph-The need of variety-Emphasis in the sen- |