Part 49 (2/2)
23 A letter to the X school, inquiring about courses of study given, prices, etc
24 A foranization to which you belong
25 A formal third person acceptance of such invitation
26 A travel letter describing your visit to various places of interest
27 A letter describing a day's outing to a friend as unable to go with you
28 A letter describing a house to a man ishes to purchase it
29 A letter to a school to hi his absence
30 A letter in reply to an inquiry fro on a prospective ca to a friend the appearance and characteristics of a dog which you have lately bought
32 A letter to your parents telling the place, your recent visit to the theater, youran old friend, your work, your new acquaintances Arrange the topics and make the transition as s about an intended celebration by the school of some national holiday
34 A letter about a lecture that you recently attended Describe the place, occasion, lecturer, address, etc
35 A letter telling a friend the first impression you formed of your school
CHAPTER XI
THE WHOLE COMPOSITION
177 By the ter of a nueneral subject, whether the composition be a narration, a description, or an exposition
The following general principles applying to the construction of the whole couidance of the inexperienced writer
178 STATEMENT OF SUBJECT Care should be used in the statement of the subject It should not be so stated as to be more comprehensive than the composition, but should be limited to cover only what is discussed For a s subject, take soe, Photography, Picnics_
Properly li Power, Does College Life Make Loafers? Photography as a Recreation, How Picnics Help the Doctor_
179 THE OUTLINE Just as in the building of a house or of acreditable is to be attained, a carefullyon the construction; so in the writing of an essay or theme, there should be made sos are to be discussed, and what is to be thethe discussion By the inexperienced writer, at least, a coun until an outline has been formed for its development As soon as the material for the composition is in hand, the outline should be made It should be an aid in the construction of the co to be derived after the co of an outline can a logical arrangeained, topics properly subordinated, and a suitable proportion secured in their discussion
In the previous chapter on the paragraph the following different subtopics, were discussed: