2. The civilized world was never so orderly as now.
3. Law suits take time, especially in cities; sometimes they take years.
4. There is a difference between law and justice.
5. We cry for a multitude of reasons of surprising variety.
6. In the growth of a child nothing is more surprising than his ceaseless activity.
7. Education for the children of a nation is a benefit to the whole nation.
(Have you said what you intended to say? What methods of development have you used? Is the main thought of the two paragraphs the same even though they begin with the same sentence?)
SUMMARY
1. Language is (1) a means of expressing ideas,
and (2) a medium through
which ideas are acquired.
2. The acquisition of ideas by means of language
requires:—
a. That we know the
meanings of words, and so avoid forming
incomplete
images (Section 27) and incomplete thoughts (Section
33).
b. That we understand
the relations in thought existing among words,
phrases,
clauses, sentences, and paragraphs (Section 32).
3. Ideas acquired through language may be used
for composition purposes—
a. Provided we form
complete and accurate images and do not confuse
the
image with the language that suggested it (Section
28).
b. Provided we make
the main thoughts so thoroughly our own that we
can
furnish details and instances, originate comparisons,
or
state
causes and effects, and thus become able to describe
them
or
explain them, or prove them to others (Section 52).
Until
both a and b as stated above are done,
ideas acquired
through
language are undesirable for composition purposes.
4. Comparisons aid in the forming of correct
images. They may be literal
or imaginative. If imaginative,
they become figures of speech.
5. Figures of speech. (Complete list in the Appendix.)
a. A simile is a direct
comparison.
b. A metaphor is an
implied comparison.
c. Personification
is a modified metaphor, assigning human
attributes
to objects, abstract ideas, or the lower animals.
6. Suggestions as to the use of figures of speech.
a. Never write for
the purpose of using them.
b. They should be appropriate
to the subject.
c. One of the two things
compared must be familiar to the reader.
d. Avoid hackneyed
figures.
e. Avoid long figures.
f. Avoid mixed metaphors.
7. Choice of words.
a. Use words presumably
familiar to the reader.
b. Use words that express
your exact meaning. Do not confuse similar
words.
e. Avoid the frequent
use of the same word (Section 17).