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SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF WRITING

The Meaning of Composition

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Why Do We Write?

Why We Often Don't Write Well?

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What Are the Accepted Principles of Composition?

Nine Steps in Good Composition Work

Principles According to Usage

The Importance of Making Outlines

Rules for Outlines

GENERAL PLANS FOR COMPOSITIONS ON DE-SCRIPTION

Description

1．The Elephant

2．A Walk along the Seashore

3．An Old House

1．Birds

Some Descriptive Compositions to be An-alyzed by Students

2．Pleasures of the Country

3．Parts of a Plant

4．The Mosquito

Descriptive Compositions for Students to Complete

1．The Fox

2．Railways

3．The Candles

4．Postman

5．The Life of a Farmer

6．The Wagon and Its Crew

7．Matthias the King

8．Norcombe Hill at Night

9．Sir Roger De Coverely in Church

10．Our Country Life

2．The Rain-Fall

Outlines for Descriptive Compositions

1．The Spring Season

3．The Horse

4．The Sheep

6．The Water

5．The Air We Breathe

9．Airships

8．The Great Wall of China

7．The Snow Mountain

10．The Football Game

Subjects for Compositions

1．Keeping One's Clothes in Order

2．Scenes in a School Library

3．A Department Store

4．The Sights of a Wharf

5．My Ideal Garden

6．Spring Time on the Campus

8．The Pedestrian and the Automobile Rider

10．Social Life in a Big Town

7．The Theatre in My Home Town

9．The Freshman in the College(or High School)

GENERAL PLANS FOR COMPOSITIONS ON NAR-RATION

Narration

The Method of Narration

1．A Journey by Rail

2．Sir Napier's Campaign in Upper Scinde

Description in Narration

A Warning in the Use of Description

1．A Sailor's Life

Narrative Compositions to be Analyzed by Students

2．Where to Spend a Holiday

3．A Fire

4．The Battle of Waterloo

Narrative Compositions for Students to Complete

1．Going through a Coal Mine

2．The Story of the Paper

3．On Being a Policeman

4．The English Lark

5．Sojourn in Saloma

6．Harold Skimpole

7．A Longing for the Night

8．Baby Sylvester

9．An Adventure with a Tiger

10．A Collision at Sea

1．My Visitors

Outlines for Narrative Compositions

3．Pleasures of the Country

2．Lakes in China

4．Different Methods of Lighting

5．A Walk in the Country

6．My Holiday Periods

8．A Typical Chinese Hero

7．Catching a Thief at Night

9．Chinese Birds

10．My Daily Routine

Subjects for Compositions

4．The Moving Picture in the City

7．The Westerner in the East

6．At a Wedding Ceremony

5．My Experience in Riding a Horse

3．The Horse Race

2．A Street Parade

1．Running a Book-Store

8．Chinese Literature

9．Going on a Journey by Rickshaw

10．Inviting a Company of Guests

GENERAL PLANS FOR COMPOSITIONS ON EX-POSITION

Exposition

What Exposition Is

Uses of Exposition

The Objects of Exposition

Suggested Methods of Exposition

1．The Oak Tree

2．Making an Ant's Nest

Some Expository Compositions to be An-alyzed by Students

1．The Forces of Nature

2．The Lungs

3．Two Classes of Books

4．Creative Education

Expository Compositions for Students to Complete

1．Winds

2．The Food We Eat(flesh)

3．Fresh Vegetables

4．The Right Use of Money

5．The Principle of the Steam-Engine

6．The Value of Humour

7．The Circulation of the Blood in Veins

8．The Story of the Silkworm

9．Little Things

Outlines for Expository Compositions

1．On Wars

2．The Value of Politeness

3．The Earthenware

4．Human Kindness to Animals

5．Honesty among Students

6．The Value of College Education

7．How my Health is Improved

9．Learning a Foreign Language

8．How to Earn Money

3．The Poverty Problem in China

Subjects for Compositions

10．Secret Societies in High School

1．My Experience as a Student

2．The Future Outlook of Chinese Women

9．Following the Fashions

10．The Influence of the Chinese Tea-shops

4．The Political Condition in China

8．The Conservation of Forests in China

7．The Influence of Chinese Theatres on People

6．The Development of Chinese In-dustries

5．Is the Western Learning Doing China Good?

GENERAL PLANS FOR COMPOSITIONS on ARGU-MENTATION

What Argumentation Is for

Argumentation

The Uses of Argumentation

The Requisites of Argumentation

Argumentation and Persuasion

The Principles of Persuasion

How It Is Done

Examples of Induction and Deduction

1．How Daniel Webster Found J.Knapp was Guilty

2．Theology in University

1．King George Ⅲ and America

Some Argumentative Compositions for Students to Analyze

2．Cultivation of the Intellect

3．What to Do with the American Colonies

4．Nation's Responsibility about People's Education

Argumentative Compositions for Students to Complete

1．The Future of Our Country

2．Law and Order are the Basis of All True Freedom

3．On Conviction of High Treason

4．A Vindication

5．Hero-Worship

6．The Liberty of the Press

7．Liberty of the Individual

8．What Has America Done

9．Direct and Indirect Taxation

10．The Question of Copyright

Outlines For Argumentative Compositions

1．The Intelligence of Animals

2．The Bad Influence of Strikes

3．Abolishment of Capital Punishment

4．Kingship in Modern States

5．Some Dangers of Party Government

6．Profit Sharing as a Cure for Labor Troubles

9．The Optimist's View of the World

8．Trade Unions under Proper Manage-ment

7．Getting Rich by Honest Methods

10．Proper Aims of Municipal Tramways

Subjects for Compositions

1．The Value of an Official Rank

2．The Question of Smoking by Youth in China

3．The Family Ties in China

4．On Getting up Early

5．How a Girl May Earn Money

6．The Uses of Old Books

7．The Problem of Child Labor

10．The Value of Co-Education

9．The Abandoned Farms

8．The High Cost of Living

SOME STUDIES ON ESSAY WRITING

1．Storing Information

2．The Value of Imagination

3．The Use of Illustrations

4．The Importance of Style

5．The Familiar Essay

Familiar Essays

(1)Born out of Time

(2)The Wisdom of Foolishness

(3)The Lier in Bed

(4)Fishes'Faces

(5)Interest in the Uninteresting