Select and name the class to which each of the following sentences belongs:

1. The tea plant is an evergreen, and its bright green leaves look somewhat like rose leaves.

2. The adventures of Ulysses, who was one of the ancient Greek heroes, are related by the poet Homer.

3. Helen Keller is both blind and deaf, but she has made greater progress in her studies than most girls of her age.

4. When Robert Fulton was building his first steamboat many persons called it "Fulton's Folly."

5. "The Tales of a Grandfather," which Sir Walter Scott wrote for the amusement of his little grandson, has delighted many readers.

6. "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God."

7. The Yosemite Valley, which contains some of the finest scenery in the world, is visited every year by many tourists.

8. A large part of Holland is lower than the sea, and great walls or dikes are built to keep the water back.

9. Before printing was invented all books were written by hand.

10. Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

11. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."

NOTE. - Additional exercises in selecting and classifying sentences should be given.

CONNECTIVE WORDS

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LESSON LXV

CONNECTIVE WORDS

As you studied the different classes of words, you found that some are used to name objects, others to make assertions, some to describe objects, some to describe acts or qualities, others show the relation between words, and still others merely connect words and groups of words.

There are some words that have a double use, that is, they are used as two different parts of speech. In this lesson we will speak of words that connect words and groups of words, and at the same time have the use of some other part of speech.

1. "The floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell."

2. The moon had risen, but it was still dark among the trees.

3. The boy that studies will improve.

4. The American people rejoiced when the news of Dewey's victory was received.

How is the word and used in the first sentence? The word but in the second? Have they any other use in these sentences except that of connectives?

What word in the third sentence is used for boy? What is a word that is used for a noun called? What other use has this word?

What part of speech is the word when in the fourth sentence? What other use has it?

In these sentences you find that the words and and but simply connect groups of words, while the word that has the use of a pronoun and a connective as well, and the word when has the use of both an adverb and a connective.

From the above examples you see that there are three kinds of connective words:

(1) Those that merely connect words and groups of words, and are called Conjunctions.

(2) Those that have the use of pronouns as well as of conjunctions, and are called Conjunctive Pronouns.

(3) Those that have the use of adverbs as well as of conjunctions, and are called Conjunctive Adverbs.

In the following, select the connective words, and tell to which class each belongs:

1. He rose before the sun was up.

2. Officers and men showed great bravery in the battle of Gettysburg.

3.

"Their van will be upon us

Before the bridge goes down;

And if they once may win the bridge,

What hope to save the town.”

4. The man whom we saw in the city was an artist. 5. "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him."

ANALYSIS

6. He who wrongs another, wrongs himself more.
7. I would attend college if I were in your place.
8. Come and see my beautiful flowers.

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9. I was greatly pleased when I learned that you were going abroad.

10. The man who is speaking is a well-known writer.

LESSON LXVI

ANALYSIS

Analyze the following sentences, using the form given:—

FORM FOR ANALYSIS

(1) Name the class to which the sentence belongs. (2) Give propositions and clauses.

(3) Give the subject and the predicate of the sentence. (4) Give the unmodified subject and predicate.

(5) Give the modifiers of the subject, stating to which class each belongs.

(6) Give the modifiers of the predicate, stating to which class each belongs.

(7) Name the connective words, and state the class to which each belongs.

Follow the same order with each proposition in a compound sentence, and with the proposition and clauses in a complex sentence.

1. Truth and virtue are the wealth of all men.

2. The horizon, which was at first of a golden tint, soon changed to a rosy hue.

3. Columbus died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery.

4. Europe was one great field of battle where the weak struggled for freedom.

5. A face that cannot smile is never good.

6. In the best books great men talk to us and give us their most precious thoughts.

7. He studied not for amusement but for improvement. 8. The general expects that every man will do his duty.

9. He is a free man whom the truth makes free. 10. "Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."

LESSON LXVII

VARIETY OF EXPRESSION

The form of expression may be varied by using the indirect form for the direct. The indirect quotation is often the better form for certain kinds of composition, while the direct quotation, by giving life and vigor, greatly adds to animated discourse and narrative. The direct quotation in the sentence, "What is that, Nokomis?" said Hiawatha, when he saw the rainbow in the