ENGLISH COMPOSITION

FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

BY

FREDERICK HENRY SYKES, A.M., PH.D.

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

777-8945
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JUN-1 9 1905
Harvard University,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.--NARRATION.

CHAP. I. FABLES, LESSONS I-III.............

Capital Letters, pp. 2, 5, 9.

CHAP. II. HOUSEHOLD TALES, LESSONS IV-VIII

Italic Letters, pp. 13, 14. The Paragraph: Mar-

gin, pp. 15, 20; Indentation, p. 15. Punctuation:

Period, pp. 18, 19; Comma, pp. 23, 24, 28, 29, 33, 34.

CHAP. III. STORIES FROM THE BIBLE, LES-

SONS IX-XI.....

Punctuation (continued): Quotation Marks, p. 39;

Apostrophe, pp. 39, 40; Semicolon, pp. 42, 43; Co-

lon, p. 48; Dash, pp. 48, 49.

CHAP. IV. CLASSICAL MYTHS, LESSONS XII-

XIX

.......

Punctuation (continued): Exclamation Point, p. 53;

Interrogation
Interrogation Point, p. 53. The Sentence: p. 60;
Simple, p. 63; Complex, p. 64; Compound, p. 67;

Long and Short Sentences, p. 70.

CHAP. V. STORIES FROM ANCIENT HISTORY,

LESSONS XX-XXIII

.....

The Sentence (continued): Interrogation, p. 78; Ex-

clamation, p. 78; Loose Sentence, p. 82; Periodic

Sentence, p. 82; Compromise, p. 83; Balanced Sen-

tence, p. 87.

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