An edition of Model English
(1919)
Model English
Book I, The Development of Thought
by Donnelly, Francis Patrick
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Donnelly's approach to teaching rhetoric in Model English I requires the student to imitate and analyze various models from Washington Irving's Sketchbook. Donnelly takes the student through imitation and analysis of sentences, paragraphs, and essays, eventually working with narration and description.
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Table of Contents
Introduction . 1
Imitation 5
I. SENTENCE.
Precepts :
1. The Period and the Loose Sentence .... 9
2. Suspension of Sense in the Period .... 10
3. Development of Periods 11
Exercises :
I.-XVIL Imitation of Periods 16
XVIII.-XX. Analysis of Periods 36
n. PARAGRAPH.
Precepts :
1. Definition and Topic 46
2. Principal Qualities of the Paragraph .... 47
3. Exercises XXI.-XXV., on the Qualities ... 55
4. Development of the Paragraph 66
Exercises :
XXVI.-XLIII. Imitation of Paragraphs ... 74
XLIV.-XLVI. Analysis of Paragraphs ... 100
III. NARRATION.
Precepts :
1. Definition and Essential Points . . . 116
2. Analysis of a Narration 117
Exercises :
XLVII.-XLVIII. Imitation and Analysis of Narrations 120
IV. DESCRIPTION.
Precepts :
1. Definition and Essential Points 123
2. Analysis of a Description 124
Exercises :
XLIX.-LII. Imitation of Descriptions .... 127
LIII.-LV. Analysis of Descriptions .... 133
V. ESSAY — CONNECTED PARAGRAPHS.
Precepts :
Essential Points 146
Exercises :
LVI.-LXXI. Imitation and Analysis .... 148
APPENDIX 189
INDEX OF SELECTIONS 193
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Washington Irving Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
The Hudson River at West Point .... 42
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle .... 52
" One of Those Wild Streams " 59
"Old Jack Falstaff" ....... 87
Boston Common "in the Depth of Winter" ... 98
"Nooks of Still Water." Sleepy Hollow . . .108
A New England Fireside 129
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stratford-on-Avon . 142
The Anglers 162
Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey . . . .174
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