isua-isnscatalog-1881-1882-036

Description:	36 ANNUAL REGISTERCOMPOSPIION. I. NATURE OF THE SUBJECT.Composition, like orthography, grammar, etc., is a language subject i. e., it has language for its subject-matter. It is dis¬ tinguished from the other members of the group of studies called language subjects, by the view it takes of language and the ob¬ jects it seeks to accomplish. It has to do with language as dis¬ course, not as words nor as sentences. Composition work presup¬ poses that of orthography and grammar it supposes the pupil to be able to spell correctly and to know the principles of correct sentence construction. It begins where they leave off. As spelling and grammar teach the pupil how to form words and sentences correctly, so composition takes sentences and organizes them into the whole, called discourse. It presents the nature and the principles of the different forms of discourse, and aims to give skill in actually constructing these forms.These ends are to be accomplished (1) by studying the prin¬ ciples of discourse as presented in text-books upon the subject  (2) by the critical examination of models of the different forms  and (3) by continued practice in writing under criticism.II. ENDS OF DISCOURSE.Tfuse are, of course, limited by the nature of mind, which all composition immediately respects. There can be no rational discourse without supposing an audience. Even soliloquy is not aimless. Whatever effect is produced upon a mind must be an action or state of the intelligence, the feelings, or the will. Enlightenment and conviction pertain to the mind as intellect  excitation is a condition of the sensibility and the form of com¬ position denoted persuasion seeks to move the will.III. ENLIGHTENMENT..1 Definition : The form of discourse that has for its object to produce a new conception or cognition. 2. Processes: (a) defi¬ nition (b) description (c) narration (d) analysis (e) exem¬ plification (f) comparison and contrast (g) exposition.
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