English: Composition and Literature (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Webster, William Franklin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 145101127X ISBN 13 : 9781451011272

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the building blocks of effective writing with a clear, practical approach. This edition lays out a rational method for teaching English composition, focusing on constructing wholes rather than endless drills. It explains how to blend intellect and feeling to produce confident, expressive writing, and it shows how to study the forms of discourse step by step.

This guide argues that beginners should start with short narrative and then move to description, before tackling exposition and argument. It emphasizes practicing through whole, meaningful exercises that tie language to ideas, and it explains how to balance paragraphs, sentences, and word choices to serve the whole work. Punctuation, literature’s role in composition, and the critique of common methods are discussed to help teachers and students choose effective techniques.

• How to structure study around wholes first, then parts like paragraphs and sentences


• Ways to develop spontaneity in narration before description, with gradual skill-building


• Practical guidance on the forms of discourse: narration, description, exposition, and argument


• Insights into literature's value for improving writing and the role of language in shaping thought

Ideal for readers of classic writing instruction and teachers seeking a clear, time-tested approach to composition and rhetoric.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In July, 1898, I presented at theN ational Educational A ssociation, convened in Washington, aC ourse of Study in English. At Los A ngeles, in 1899, the Association indorsed the principles of this course, and made it the basis of the Course in English for High Schools. At the request of friends, I have prepared this short text-book, outlining the method of carrying forward the course, and emphasizing the principles necessary for the intelligent communication of ideas. It has not been the purpose to write a rhetoric. The many fine distinctions and divisions, the rarefied examples of very beautiful forms of language which a young pupil cannot possibly reproduce, or even appreciate, have been omitted. To teach the methods of simple, direct, and accurate expression has been the purpose; and this is all that can be expected of a high school course in English. The teaching of composition differs from the teaching of Latin or mathematics in this point: whereas pupils can be compelled to solve a definite number of problems or to read a given number of lines, it is not possible to compel expression of the full thought. The full thought is made of an intellectual and an emotional element. Whatever is intellectual may be compelled See pp. 13, 14, of the Report of Committee oa Collegfe I lntrance Requirements.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 145101127X
• ISBN 13: 9781451011272
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
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