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What two things make it easy to pick speeches on page 125? In reporting convers indent each speech as a paragraph.

Observe that both double quotation marks quotation marks ('') are used. This is done is reporting another's speech in his speech. Mr. Bennett's part is inclosed in single quota Mr. Stanley's speech begins with double q Find the places where Stanley quotes Mr. Be

As the speech of Stanley runs straight t interruption from the first paragraph to the end the double quotation marks are put at the be paragraph and at the end of the last to show is ended.

Find where Stanley quotes himself.

Remember. A speech within a speech is in quotation marks. An ordinary conv closed in double quotation marks.

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In the sentence, Who are you?" he as Who are you? answers the question "What what? It is a clause used as a noun; theref called a substantive clause.

Find the substantive clauses in paragraphs on page 125.

Remember: When a clause is used as a no a substantive clause.

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Pupils should take turns in reading the dialogue al 127. Kinds of Sentences. In the following sentenc part does the expression "Columbus discovered Ar play in each?

1. Columbus discovered America.

2. A new continent was found

when Columbus discovered America.

3. Vespucius gave his name to this country, but Columbus discovered America.

The first sentence consists of a subject, a verb, and ar There is no clause in it. A sentence without a clause i a simple sentence.

In the second sentence," Columbus discovered Ame a clause introduced by "when" and modifying the ver found." Because it modifies the verb, it is a sub clause, the principal clause being "a new contine found." A sentence consisting of a principal clause a or more subordinate clauses is called a complex sentenc second sentence is complex.

In the third sentence we find two clauses of equal imp connected by the conjunction "but." Both are p clauses. Such a sentence as number 3 above is compound sentence. The conjunctions "and" and

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are used in compound sentences. The parts pound sentence are separated by a comma. are commas in the clause, semicolons may be Remember: According to structure, or for simple, complex, or compound.

A simple sentence has one principal idea, A complex sentence has a principal, or 1 idea, and one or more subordinate claus some word in the main clause.

A compound sentence consists of two or clauses, or ideas, closely enough related to to form a complete sentence.

Analysis. Tell whether the following sente complex, or compound; declarative or inter the complete subject and predicate of each s of each principal clause, and of each subordina which word the subordinate clause modifies.

1. Then began a journey of terrible danger. 2. Stanley and his men often waded through s filled with alligators.

3. They forced their way through miles of tangl hands and knees.

4. They were obliged to be continually on the elephants, lions, hyenas, and other wild a in the jungle.

5. These wild animals were fierce, but the sa dreaded even more.

6. When the party stopped to rest, they wer white ants, flies, and reptiles.

7. These pests crawled over them.

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describes the meeting between Stanley and Livingston

1 The young explorer longed to leap and hout for joy; but he controlled himself, and instead of embracing Livingstone as he would have liked to do, he grasped his hand, exclaiming, "I thank God, Doctor, that I have been permitted to see you."

2 "I feel grateful that I am here to welcome you," gentle reply.

3 All the dangers through which they had passed, all th tions they had endured were forgotten in the joy of this m

4 Doctor Livingstone's years of toil and suspense, durin he had heard nothing from the outside world; Stanley experiences in the jungle; the fact that both men had exhausted their supplies; the terrors of open and hidden from men and beasts; sickness; hope deferred- all w the moment, pushed out of mind.

5 Later, each recounted his story to the other.

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Discuss the things that Stanley and Livingstone tell each other. Which sentence sums these up? Cop the board as a summarizing sentence.

What would Stanley tell Livingstone? What wo write to Bennett? Outline Stanley's story.

Write on the board a list of words that would be appr to such a story, and would give African local color.

Writing a Business Letter. Imagine the letter He Stanley wrote to James Gordon Bennett, editor of T York Herald, when he found Livingstone on Novem 1871, at Ujiji*, after he had pierced his way from Zan

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129. An Enunciation Drill. Practice syllables meme meme very distinctly A Talk to the Class: Meetings of Great Exp the class into pairs to act out the following int explorers. The two pupils will come to the fr sit down side by side, and tell each other the s adventure, beginning, "I am

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130. Giving an Explorers' Program. In present the following program. A pupil will co the board. Can you explain it? Learn it.

EPIGRAM ON SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

The stars above will make thee know
If man were silent here;

The sun himself cannot forget

His fellow-traveler.

BEN JONSO

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