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An interjection is a word used to express some sudden emotion of the mind. Thus in the examples,--"Ah! there he comes; alas! what shall I do?" ah, expresses surprise, and alas, dis...
The first requisite of style is choice of words, and this comes under the head of Diction, the property of style which has reference to the words and phrases used in speaking and w...
Interruption, more surely than anything else, kills conversation. The effusive talker who, in spite of his facility for words, is in no sense a conversationalist, refuses to recogn...
The Subscription or ending of a letter consists of the term of respect or affection and the signature. The term depends upon the relation of the person addressed. Letters of friend...
Of course in simple sentences the natural order of arrangement is subject--verb--object. In many cases no other form is possible. Thus in the sentence "The cat has caught a mouse,"...
The part of a lecture which consumes the first ten or fifteen minutes is called the exordium, from the Latin word exordiri--to begin a web. The invariable rule as to the manner of...
Speaking mannerisms are of two kinds, those of manner, of course, and those which by a metaphorical use of the term may be called mannerisms of matter. "The memory," said the quain...
The close of a lecture is called the peroration--the word oration prefixed by the Latin preposition "per." "Per" has several meanings, one of them being "to the utmost extent" as i...
The Three Modes of Characterization--Dialogue--Action-- Description or Direct Statement--Aims of Characterization-- To Show the Nature--To Show the Man as a Physical Being-- Charac...
It is the function of language to convey ideas. Ideas are the real foundation of good lecturing and words must always be subordinate. The English Parliamentarian, Gladstone, had th...
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Narration Method--Story of the Commonplace--Story of the Bizarre--Vividness--Suspense--Emphasis and Suppression-- Matter of Weight--Expansion and Vividness--Primary and Secondary E...
Conception and Execution--Utility to Know Types--Novel and Romance--Short Story--The Three Types--Emphasis--Three Elements of Any Story--Story of Character--Character and Action--S...
Definition of Plot--Character and Plot--Dramatic Value of Plot--Complication--Interest--Plot as Problem--Three Basic Themes--Conflict Between Man and Nature--Conflict Between Man a...
Critical Faculty--Cultivation of Genius--Observation and Information--Open-mindedness--Attitude Toward Life-- Prejudice and Provincialism--The Social Question--Reading-- Imaginatio...
amb = Ambiguous. and = A bad "and" sentence. Make two sentences or subordinate one clause. ant = Antecedent not clear. Cl = Not clear. Cst = Construction faulty. Coh = Coherence no...
=178. Four Types of Stories To the casual newspaper reader the various patterns of stories seem all but limitless. To the experienced newspaper man, however, they reduce themselves...
INTRODUCTION =1. The City Room The city room is the place where a reporter presents himself for work the first day. It is impossible to give an exact description of this room, beca...
=19. Division Beyond the editorial rooms is the mechanical department, with which every reporter should be, but rarely ever is, acquainted. Because of the heavy machinery necessary...
The Three Modes of Characterization--Dialogue--Action-- Description or Direct Statement--Aims of Characterization-- To Show the Nature--To Show the Man as a Physical Being-- Charac...
=30. Divisions of the Business Department When the paper issues from the press, it passes into the hands of the circulation manager, whose duties are in an entirely different depar...