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INDEX TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

Forms of speech, direct, 44, 45; indi- | Phraseology, variation of, 49–52.

rect, 44, 45.

Hexameter, definition of, 89.
Highflown words, 60.
Humor, definition of, 105.
Hyperbole, definition of, 105.
Hyphen, use of, 101.

Iambus, definition of, 88.
"Inaugurate," misuse of, 59.
Indirect form of speech, 44, 45.
Innuendo, definition of, 105.

Interrogation, use of, in varying ex-
pression, 42.

Interrogation-point, use of, 101.
Irony, definition of, 106.

Phrases, arrangement of, 11.
Pleonasm, definition of, 108.
Poetry, arrangement of words in, 46;
Milton's definition of, 85; species of,
94; lyric, definition of, 95; epic, defi
nition of, 95; didactic, definition of,
95; dramatic, definition of, 96.
"Predicated," misuse of, 59.
Prosody, 85; derivation of term, 85.
Pun, definition of, 108.

Punctuation, definition of, 5; office of
terminal marks in, 2; of simple sen-
tences, 5; of complex sentences, 19,
20; of compound sentences, 30, 31;
summary of, 97-102.
Purity of words, 63.

"It," use of, as anticipative subject, 43. Pyrrhic, 88.

Language, figures of, 72–74.

Litotes, definition of, 106.

Loose sentence, definition of, 70.
Lyric poetry, definition of, 95.

Married," misuse of, 59.

Measure, definition of, in poetry, 87.
Metonymy, definition of, 72.
Metre, short, nature of, 90.
Misused words, examples of, 59, 60.
Monometer, definition of, 89.

"Name," misuse of, 59.
Negation, use of, 51.

Redundancy, examples of, 61.
Rhetoric, office of, 1.

Rhetorical order of words, 46.

Rhyme, definition of, 86; perfect, con-
ditions of, 86; single, double, triple,
86.

Rhythm, definition of, 87.

Sarcasm, definition of, 109.
Satire, definition of, 109.
Saxon synonyms, 49.
Semicolon, use of, 99, 100.
Sentence, nature of, 1; simple, nature
of, 3; complex, nature of, 16; com-
pound, nature of, 37; synthesis of
compound, 31-33; loose, definition
of, 76.

Sentences, conversion of, 35, 36.
Simile, definition of, 72.

Simple sentence, nature of, 3; punctu-
ation of, 5; synthesis of, 7.
Simplicity, necessity of, in words for
good style, 60.

Solecism, definition of, 109.
Sonnet, definition of, 109.
Spondee, 88.

Strength in style, how effected, 69.
Style, definition of, 57; derivation of
term, 57; strength in, how effected,
69.

Synecdoche, definition of, 73.
Synonyms, definition of, 49.

Synthesis, definition of, 7; of complex
sentence, 20.

Period, definition of, 70; the use of, Taste, definition of literary, 110.

Tautology, examples of, 62; definition
of, 110.

Terminal marks, use of, 2.

Theme, definition of, 75; example of,
77-80.

There," use of, as anticipative sub- | Variation of expression, methods of,
ject, 43.

Tragedy, Aristotle's definition of, 96.
Transposition of component parts of
sentences, 45.

Tribrach, 88.

Trochee, definition of, 88.

Tropes, definition of, 110.

41-48.

Verse, explanation of, 85; derivation
of term, 85; iambic, 89; trochaic, 91;
anapestic, 92; dactylic, 93.
Versification, definition of, 85.

Wit, definition of, 110.
"Witness," misuse of, 58.

Unity, definition of, in rhetoric, 64; in Words, choice of, 57-63; misused, ex-

the paragraph, 75.

Use of words, accuracy in the, 57.

amples of, 59, 60; simplicity of use
in, 60; purity in use of, 63.

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