Bagley. 
Baldwin. 
Ballad. 
Bancroft. 
Belief: 
  necessity in debate;
  establishing a general theory;
  basis of. 
Beveridge. 
Biography. 
Blank verse. 
Boardman. 
Bourdillon. 
Bowles. 
Bradley. 
Brief. 
Brown. 
Browning. 
Bryant. 
Budgell. 
Burke. 
Burns. 
Burroughs. 
Byron.

Cable. 
Camp. 
Capitals. 
Cary. 
Case. 
Cause and effect: 
  development of paragraph by use of;
  development of composition by use of;
  use in exposition;
  use in argument. 
Cautions and suggestions: 
  use of figures of speech;
  in debating;
  use of pronouns;
  use of adjectives;
  use of verbs;
  use of adverbs;
  prepositions. 
Character sketch. 
Choice of words: 
  adapted to reader;
  as to meaning;
  simple. 
Clark. 
Classification. 
Clauses:  restrictive and non-restrictive. 
Clearness. 
Climax: 
  in narration;
  in argument;
  as figure of speech. 
Coherence: 
  definition;
  in outline;
  in composition;
  arrangement of details;
  arrangement of facts in exposition;
  aided by outline;
  in argument;
  in sentences. 
Coleridge. 
Colon:  rules for. 
Colton. 
Comma:  rules for. 
Comparison: 
  as an aid to formation of images;
  development of a paragraph by;
  definitions supplemented by;
  as a method of developing a composition;
  as an aid in establishing fundamental image;
  as an aid to effectiveness in description;
  use in exposition;
  analogy;
  of adjectives;
  of adverbs. 
Complete and incomplete verbs. 
Composition: 
  kinds of;
  general principles of. 
Conclusion. 
Conjugation. 
Conjunctions. 
Connolly. 
Connor. 
Constructions: 
  of nouns;
  of personal pronouns;
  of relative pronouns;
  of adjectives. 
Contrast: 
  development of a paragraph by;
  development of a composition by;
  use in exposition. 
Conversation. 
Cooper. 
Copeland-Rideout. 
Correction of themes.

Darwin. 
Dash:  rules for. 
Debate: 
  value of;
  statement of question;
  necessity of belief;
  order of presentation;
  cautions. 
Deductive reasoning:  errors of. 
Definition: 
  by synonym;
  by use of simpler words;
  definitions to be supplemented;
  first step in exposition;
  logical;
  difficulty in framing;
  inexact. 
Description: 
  Chapter VIII (see also descriptive themes);
  defined;
  effectiveness in;
  classes of objects frequently described: 
    buildings;
    natural features;
    sounds;
    color;
    animals;
    plants;
    persons;
  impression of;
  impression as purpose of;
  in narration;
  general description.