PART ONE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER ONE
Preparatory Experiments in Speech
Giving directions, definitions, explanations, 3
Class conversations, 7
Introductions, 10
Formal talks, 13
Choral speaking, 21
"We Be the King's Men," 23
"Daybreak," 24
Chapter challenge, 26
CHAPTER TWO
Studying the Paragraph
The parts of a paragraph, 29
The beginning sentence, 30
The topic sentence, 34
Middle sentences, 37
The ending sentence, 38
Qualities of a good paragraph, 41
Unity, 41
Clearness, 43
Longer compositions, 46
Chapter Two, continued
Choral speaking, 50
"Roofs," 51
Chapter challenge, 54
CHAPTER THREE
Writing a Paragraph
Building a class paragraph, 57
Steps in writing the paragraph, 63
Selecting and limiting the subject, 64
Building a vocabulary, 65
Making an outline, 68
Writing the paragraph, 69
Christening the paragraph, 75
Keeping a diary, 78
Writing verse, 79
Choral speaking, 81
"Barbara Frietchie," 82
Chapter challenge, 84
CHAPTER FOUR
Polishing a Paragraph
Polishing words, 87
Polishing sentences, 97
Polishing paragraphs, 106
"America the Beautiful," 114 Chapter challenge, 117
CHAPTER FIVE
Letters and the Telephone
Social letters, 119
Types of social letters , 129
Business letters, 138
Types of business letters, 139
Conversations by telephone, 143
Choral speaking, 147
"0 Captain! My Captain! " 148
Chapter challenge, 150
CHAPTER SIX
A Good Citizenship Club
Organizing a Good Citizenship Club, 153
Rules of order, 155
Meetings of the Good Citizenship Club, 158
Choral speaking 163
Scene from "The Courtship of -Aliles Standish," 164
Chapter challenge, 168
CHAPTER SEVEN
Dramatizations
Dramatizing interviews and dialogues, 171
Writing a play, 174
"The Legend of the Robes," 177
Still-life dramatizations, 180
The radio and modern life, 181
A classroom broadcast, 183
Choral speaking, 185
"The Story of the Shepherds," 186
Presenting the drama, 188
Chapter challenge, 188
CHAPTER EIGHT
Living Life through Books
Sharing books with others, 191
How to judge a book, 194
Writing a book report, 196
Learning to use the library, 199
Choral speaking, 205
"The West Wind," 206
"Mother of Mercy," 208
Chapter challenge, 209
PART TWO GRAMMAR
CHAPTER ONE
Nouns
Definition, 213
Proper nouns and common nouns, 213
Collective nouns, 214
Abstract nouns, 215
Person, 217
Number, 218
Gender, 221
Nominative case, 223
Subject, predicate nominative, address, 223
Nominative in apposition, 224
Nominative of exclamation, 225
Possessive case, 227
Objective case, 230
Direct object, object of preposition, 230
Objective in apposition, 231
Indirect object, 232
Adverbial objective, 234
Retained object, 234
Objective complement, 235
Cognate object, 236
Test on nouns, 238
CHAPTER TWO
Pronouns
Personal pronouns, 239
Compound personal pronouns, 241
Interrogative pronouns, 242
Relative pronouns, 243
Compound relative pronouns, 249
Adjective pronouns, 250
The correct use of pronouns, 254
Test on pronouns, 268
CHAPTER THREE
Adjectives
Descriptive adjectives, 269
Limiting adjectives, 271
Position of adjectives, 274
Comparison of adjectives, 276
The correct use of adjectives, 279
Words used as nouns and adjectives, 283
Test on adjectives, 284
CHAPTER FOUR
Verbs
Definition, 285
Regular and irregular verbs, 287
Defective verbs, 290
Transitive and intransitive verbs, 290
Cognate verbs, 292
Copulative verbs, 292
Active and passive voice, 295
Simple and compound tenses, 298
Indicative mood, 301
Potential form of the indicative mood, 301
Imperative mood, 303
Person and number, 304
Conjugation, 304
The correct use of verbs, 309
Uses of shall and will, 322
Troublesome verbs, 3 2 5
Words used as nouns and verbs, 332
Test on verbs, 332
CHAPTER FIVE
Adverbs
Classification of adverbs according to meaning, 334
Simple adverbs, 336
Interrogative adverbs, 336
Conjunctive adverbs, 337
Relative adverbs, 338
Adverbial objectives, 340
Comparison of adverbs, 341
The correct use of adverbs, 343
Test on adverbs, 347
CHAPTER SIX
Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Prepositions, 348
The correct use of prepositions, 350
Words used as adverbs and prepositions, 352
Conjunctions, 353
Coordinate and correlative conjunctions, 353
Subordinate conjunctions, 356
The correct use of conjunctions, 358
Interjections, 361
Test on prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, 363
Test on parts of speech, 364
CHAPTER SEVEN
Phrases
Definition, 366
366
Adjectival, adverbial, and noun phrases, 367
CHAPTER EIGHT
Sentences
according to use, 374 Simple and compound sentences, 375
Complex sentences, 378
Adjectival clauses, 381
Adverbial clauses, 384
Noun clauses, 388
Test on phrases, clauses, and sentences, 398
APPENDIX
Model diagrams, 399
Punctuation, 407
The period, 407
The comma, 408
The semicolon, 412
The colon, 413
The exclamation point, 414
The interrogation point, 415
Quotation marks, 415
The apostrophe, 416
The hyphen, 416
The dash, 417
Capital letters, 418
Poem for dramatization, 421
Calendar, 424
Index, 433
