INDEX OF AUTHORS. Eng. stands for Englishman; Am., for American; b, for Joseph Addison, Eng., writer of prose and of poetry, b, 味 Sir Samuel White Baker, Eng., traveler, b. 1821. P. 42. William Cullen Bryant, Am., poet and journalist, b. 1794, John Bunyan, Eng., preacher and writer, b. 1628, d. George Gordon Byron, Eng., poet, b. 1788, d. 1824. William Cowper, Eng., poet, b. 1731, d. 1800. Pp. Thomas De Quincey, Eng., writer of prose, b. 1785, d. Charles Dickens, Eng., novelist, b. 1812, d. 1870. P. 76. Oliver Goldsmith, Irish, novelist and poet, b. 1728, d. Thomas Gray, Eng., poet, b. 1716, d. 1771. P. 79. Samuel Johnson, Eng., lexicographer and essayist, b. Charles Lamb, Eng., essayist and poet, b. 1775, d. 1834. P. 112. Abraham Lincoln, Am., president of the U. S., b. 1809, John Locke, Eng., philosopher and metaphysician, b. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Am., poet, b. 1807, d. James Russell Lowell, Am., poet, satirist and critic, b. Francis Mahony, Irish, humorist and journalist, b. 1800, P. 65. James Montgomery, Scotch, poet and journalist, b. 1771, James Gates Percival, Am., poet and geologist, b. 1795, William Robertson, Scotch, clergyman and historian, b. John Kuskin, Eng., art-critic, b. 1819. Pp. 40, 118. Edmund Spenser, Eng., poet, b. 1553, d. 1599. P. 58. Jeremy Taylor, Eng., theologian, b. 1613, d. 1667. P. 75. Richard Chevenix Trench, Eng., theologian and philolo- Isaac Watts, Eng., clergyman and poet, b. 1674, d. 1748. THE SENTENCE. GROUPS OF WORDS. EXAMINE THEM. Sun sky stars if of. Lamp book hear sight good. The sun shines. Inkstand pens paper. This is a good pen. How it rains! Seeing such hat band-box. The horse runs. Fire flow water grass oxen. The cherry is ripe. Is the apple ripe? Can you see the hawk? Hear him. Copy those groups of words that tell something or ask something. A sentence is a group of wORDS making complete SENSE, or, A sentence is a THOUGHT expressed in WORDS. WORDS and SENSE are necessary to a sentence. THE USES OF SENTENCES. I. SENTENCES USED TO ASSERT. He greets me well. I am a soldier. You may do so. The storm is up. The gods to-day stand friendly. II. SENTENCES USED TO ASK QUESTIONS. Whence comest thou? Saw you anything? Did he take interest? Where is my instrument? Calls my lord? III. SENTENCES USED TO COMMAND OR EXHORT. See thou to that. perfect. Turn ye. Pause there. Draw Come on. IV. SENTENCES USED TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION. How ill this taper burns! What a fearful night is this! How beautiful the fresh green fields are! Sentences are used for four general purposes; (1) to assert, (2) to ask questions, (3) to command or entreat, (4) to express strong emotion. I. Sentences used to assert are declarative. II. Sentences used to ask questions are interrogative. III. Sentences used to command or entreat are imperative. IV. Sentences used to express strong emotion are exclamatory. a. Every sentence should begin with a capital letter. b. Every declarative sentence, and every imperative sentence should be followed with a period. c. Every interrogative sentence should be followed by an interrogation point. d. Every exclamatory sentence should be followed by an exclamation point. Aabib, ggthe, begin, outer, eonneryic, buying. Give the sound of each letter in each group. in syllables and pronounce, if you can. Combine the letters Which of the groups mean something? The groups that mean something are words. Words are either spoken or written. A spoken word is a sound or a group of sounds used as the sign of an idea. A written word is a letter or a group of letters used as the sign of an idea; or, briefly, A word is the sign of an idea. SOUNDS. A, I, O. Pronounce these words. Pronounce making the sounds very short, making the sounds very long. The mouth is kept open, and the breath is not stopped in making these sounds. |