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Practical English Composition: Book II. / For the Second Year of the High School

Practical English Composition: Book II. / For the Second Year of the High School

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Chapter 1 The Newspaper

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l manager, who may be one of its owners. Directly responsible to him are the busine

act that each occupies only a line or two, are called "liners"; the management of a corps of solicitors; and the maintenance of amicable relations with the business men of the community. The circulation department in

he foreman of the composing-room, the foreman of the pressroom, and the foreman of

is in his keeping. Not infrequently he has serious differences of opinion with the business manager, especially when he publishes news which does not please important advertisers. Among his chief occupations are devising methods of getting news and avoiding libel suits. The

blame for everything that goes wrong. Under him are: (1) A telegraph editor, whose business it is to handle news from outside the State; (2) a State editor, who directs as best he may a horde of local correspondents who represent the paper in the rur

news that goes into its columns. To be able to do this he must have a wide and exact knowledge of the people and the history of th

is perhaps the biggest and certainly the most elusive game which the world produces. Their lives are sometimes, their liberty oftener, and their jobs always,

warrior, famo

and victories

ook of honour

t forgot for wh

police station yields the largest number of good stories, because it is there that tales of human folly, crime, and tragedy are most prom

ly typical, though by no means universal. The

resentation

is work, a man or a woman must be able to gather news and to write. T

r an impossibility is only an opportunity in disguise. In his lexicon there is no such word as "fail." He must know how to make and keep friends. He must have that kind of original

ce with good books. These qualities are not usually found in company with those which make a successful news-gatherer. A person who has both is therefore worth his weight in gold to a newspaper. T

, because it speaks for itself. Editorials are designed to mould public opinion. Unless they are characterized by extreme good sense or brilliancy, nobody heeds them, though, if

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Contents

Chapter 1 The Newspaper Chapter 2 Topics for Oral Discussion Chapter 3 Memorize Chapter 4 Suggested Time Schedule Chapter 5 Some Possible Subjects Chapter 6 Memorize 6 Chapter 7 Memorize 7 Chapter 8 Memorize 8 Chapter 9 Notes, Queries, and Exercises. Chapter 10 Memorize 10 Chapter 11 Notes and Queries
Chapter 12 Memorize 12
Chapter 13 No.13
Chapter 14 Queries and Exercises
Chapter 15 Memorize 15
Chapter 16 Memorize 16
Chapter 17 Notes, Queries, and Exercises
Chapter 18 Memorize 18
Chapter 19 MICHIGAN, 15; M.A.C., 3
Chapter 20 MICHIGAN, 19; OHIO STATE, 0
Chapter 21 MICHIGAN, 9; VANDERBILT, 8
Chapter 22 Queries and Topics for Oral Composition
Chapter 23 Exercise
Chapter 24 Suggested Time Schedule 24
Chapter 25 Suggested Reading
Chapter 26 Model II.
Chapter 27 Exercises
Chapter 28 Assignment
Chapter 29 Explanation
Chapter 30 Speech Construction
Chapter 31 No.31
Chapter 32 No.32
Chapter 33 Queries
Chapter 34 Composition
Chapter 35 Suggested Time Schedule6
Chapter 36 Assignment 36
Chapter 37 Explanation 37
Chapter 38 No.38
Chapter 39 No.39
Chapter 40 Notes and Queries 40
Chapter 41 Gathering Material
Chapter 42 Organization
Chapter 43 Suggested Time Schedule 43
Chapter 44 A Shakespeare Program
Chapter 45 Introduction
Chapter 46 Assignments
Chapter 47 Model I
Chapter 48 Queries 48
Chapter 49 Composition 49
Chapter 50 Model II
Chapter 51 Topics for Oral Composition
Chapter 52 Written Composition
Chapter 53 Model III
Chapter 54 Questions and Topics for Oral Composition
Chapter 55 Exercises 55
Chapter 56 Suggested Reading 56
Chapter 57 Assignments 57
Chapter 58 Model I 58
Chapter 59 Analytical Discussion
Chapter 60 Model II 60
Chapter 61 Notes and Queries 61
Chapter 62 Gathering Material 62
Chapter 63 Organization 63
Chapter 64 Writing
Chapter 65 Criticism
Chapter 66 Suggested Reading 66
Chapter 67 Introduction 67
Chapter 68 Model I 68
Chapter 69 Topics for Discussion
Chapter 70 Model II 70
Chapter 71 Exercises 71
Chapter 72 Model III 72
Chapter 73 Notes and Exercises
Chapter 74 Suggested Reading 74
Chapter 75 Introduction 75
Chapter 76 Assignments 76
Chapter 77 Model I 77
Chapter 78 Comments and Exercises
Chapter 79 Model II 79
Chapter 80 Comments and Exercises 80
Chapter 81 Suggested Reading 81
Chapter 82 Introduction 82
Chapter 83 Assignment 83
Chapter 84 Model I 84
Chapter 85 Analysis
Chapter 86 Exercises 86
Chapter 87 Model II 87
Chapter 88 Analysis 88
Chapter 89 Exercises 89
Chapter 90 Suggested Reading 90
Chapter 91 Introduction 91
Chapter 92 Assignment I
Chapter 93 Example
Chapter 94 Definition
Chapter 95 Assignment II
Chapter 96 Forcefulness in Advertising
Chapter 97 Assignment III
Chapter 98 Humor in Advertising
Chapter 99 Illustrations
Chapter 100 Suggested Reading 100
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