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COPYRIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED THREE
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
D995
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MISS GEORGIA ALEXANDER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY: THE VALUE OF THE PERSONAL ELE-
MENT IN COMPOSITION WRITING. Composition an
Art-Subject; The Personal Element Fundamental;
Doubtful Uses of Personification; The Pathetic
Fallacy; Valid Uses of Personification; Personifi-
cation Natural to the Child; Uses of Impersona-
tion; The Personal Quality of Style; Aids to the
Cultivation of the Personal Element; Daily Prac-
tice; Material Selected on the Basis of Interest;
Organization of Material; The Lesson Assignment;
Epistolary Writing and the Personal Element; Let-
ters; The School Rich in Motives for Letters; The
Fostering of Interest; Summary
PART I
I. A GROUP OF LETTERS INTERESTING TO YOUNGER
PEOPLE
PAGE
1
3
15
II. GROUPS OF LETTERS INTERESTING TO OLDER PEOPLE 34
i. Letters of Introduction
ii. Letters of Greeting
34
37
CHAPTER II. LETTERS CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF
THE DIFFERENT DISCOURSE FORMS
115
136
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145
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