Introductory Text-Book Of English Composition - Softcover

Walter Scott Dalgleish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371328276 ISBN 13: 9780371328279

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Introductory Text-Book Of English Composition by Walter Scott Dalgleish The book is a six edition reformatted instructional text on English composition that teaches a synthetical approach to constructing prose. It begins with a general view of rhetoric and the two forms of composition (prose and verse), then presents a three-step program: (1) how to construct single sentences, (2) how to combine sentences into paragraphs, and (3) how to combine paragraphs into a Theme. Central to the work is the process of Synthesis, the building up of sentences and paragraphs from smaller units, with clear distinctions among Expansion, Contraction, Enlargement, Substitution, and Transposition. The text provides extensive exercises guiding the student to expand words into phrases, contract complex sentences, enlarge simple statements, substitute equivalents, and transpose phrases and clauses. It also treats punctuation as a structural aid to meaning and cohesion. The second main portion discusses the structure of paragraphs—unity, continuity, and variety—and then covers various kinds of writing: Narration, Description, Exposition, and Summary, including rules for concise précis and original sentence composition. The volume emphasizes accuracy of thought, clarity of expression, and systematic practice to train both mind and language.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371328276
• ISBN 13: 9780371328279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110