Collectives, treatment of (Rule 31),
81.

Colon, office of (Rule 77), 187.
Combinations of sounds, harsh,
(Rule 72), 162.

Comma, office of (Rule 79), 189.
Comparative degree, use of (Rule
17), 57.

Complex subject, repetition of (Rule
44), IIO.

Composite paragraph topic (Rule
92), 223.

Composite thought, how tested for

sentence unity (Rule 75), 179.
COMPOSITION, PROCESSES OF, 250-
276.

COMPOSITION, REQUISITES OF, 239-
250.

COMPOSITION, THE WHOLE, 238-
276.

Contrast of constituent ideas in
paragraph topic, 223.

Coördinate form with restrictive
office (Rule 36), 93.
Coördinate relative, 93.

251.

impression, 253.
logical, 264.

outline of (Rule 108),

Description, scale of, how deter-

mined (Rule 107), 250.
Descriptive effect by imitative words
(Rule 61), 147.

Details, descriptive, economy in
(Rule 109), 252.

Details, descriptive, power of (Rule
110), 254.

Details, narrative, how regulated
(Rule 112), 258.

DIGEST OF RULES, 279-287.
Direct discourse for life in style
(Rule 60), 146.

Direct discourse, utility of, in refer-
ence, 92.

Distinction, repetition for (Rule 55),
131.

Distinctness in divisions of plan
(Rule 101), 241.

Distinct thoughts, separation of, in
sentence (Rule 83), 201.

Divisions of plan, requisites of (Rule
IOI), 241.

Divisions of plan, similar statement
in (Rule 102), 242.
Double negative, 11.

Economy in descriptive details (Rule
109), 252.

EMPHASIS, 127–136.

End in view in narrating (Rule 111),
257.

End of discourse (Rule 106), 248.
End of sentence (Rule 82), 200.
Epigram, 153.

Epithet, as means of rapidity (Rule
57), 138.
Euphemism, II.

Example, argumentation by (Rule
123), 272.

Example, caution concerning (Rule
124), 273.

Example in exposition (Rule 116),
265.

Exclamation (Rule 67), 151.
mark of, 173.

Expectation in narrative, answering
(Rule 114), 260.

Expectation in narrative, fostering
of (Rule 113), 259.
EXPOSITION, 263–268.

Exposition by contrast (Rule117),265.
Exposition by example (Rule 116),
265.

Exposition by repetition (Rule 118),
266.

Exposition, defining of idea in (Rule
115), 263.

Antithesis (Rule 69), 152.
Climax (Rule 54), 11, 130.
Epigram, 153.
Euphemism, II.

Exclamation (Rule 67), 151.
Hyperbole (Rule 68), 152.
Interrogation (Rule 66), 151.

Metaphor (Rule 63), 149.
Metonymy (Rule 64), 150.
Simile (Rule 65), 151.
Synecdoche (Rule 64), 150.
Trope (Rule 63), 149.

"Fine writing" (Rule 11), 40.
Flowing expression due to accents
(Rule 73), 162.
FORCE, 116-127.

Foreign and irregular plurals (Rule
14), 54.

Foreign terms (Rule 7), 24.

Form, likeness of, in sentence ele-

ments (Rule 84), 203.
Forms, grammatical, exactness in
(Rule 4), 13.

Forms, grammatical, omission of
(Rule 40), 107.

GLOSSARY OF WORDS AND FORMS,
301-332.

Grammatical forms, exactness in
(Rule 4), 13.

Grammatical forms, omission of
(Rule 40), 107.

Group thought, how tested for unity
(Rule 76), 180.

Group topic in paragraph (Rule 93),
225.

Hackneyed expressions (Rule 13),
42.

Harsh combinations of sounds
(Rule 72), 162.

Historic present, for narrative in.
tensity (Rule 62), 148.
Hyperbole (Rule 68), 152.

emphasis of, 127.

Predicative matter in paragraph
(Rule 96), 230.

Premises, testing of, in deduction
(Rule 122), 271.

Prepositions, repetition of, for clear-
ness, 108.

Present, historic, for narrative in-

tensity (Rule 62), 148.
Principal element, emphasis of (Rule
50), 127.

Principal tenses (Rule 22), 62.
Prominence given to main parts of
plan (Rule 105), 248.
Pronoun and antecedent, agreement
of (Rule 30), 80.

Pronoun, case forms of (Rule 16),
56.

Pronoun reference, rule for (Rule

34), 90.