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First Lessons In Composition In Which The Principles Of The Art Are Developed In Connection With The Principles Of Grammar by George Payn Quackenbos. This instructional volume presents an inductive program for teaching writing in tandem with grammar, aimed at beginners roughly nine to twelve years old. It combines practical composition with grammatical principles, and guides students from the basics of letters, vowels, consonants, and syllables to the Parts of Speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and word formation. The book offers abundant exercises, examples, and reviews, with sections on Letters, Descriptions, Narrations, Biographical Sketches, Essays, and Argumentative Discourses. It includes detailed lessons on the subject and object of sentences, transitive and intransitive verbs, and various kinds of clauses, followed by thorough punctuation rules, capitalization guidelines, and stylistic principles (purity, propriety, precision, clearness, strength, harmony, unity). The Preface argues the need for practical, regular practice in composition and grammar, to overcome neglect of original writing in schools, and to train the mind and language through guided practice and teacher-led work.
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