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ist, Enrich your wind with a stood of words and ideas oy ooservanOi., 
study, reading and conversation . 
2nd. Always select an interesting subject and one about "which yoni know 
the most. ^ 
qrd. Glance in outline over the field of your subject and adopt some 
plain and natural Skeleton of plan, dloiv consider fully all. the 
fads in the case, then turn to the causes and consequences, suitably 
interspersing the circumstances cf time, place and mannei, aho 
consider fully all the relations of your subject to everything with 
which it may be connected, you will thus find acorn all the maUey 
you need, from which you must make a groper selection. 
4 th. i Use plain, correct, and musical language, or let your language be 
as becoming and agreeable as possible. 
The following Plan and Application of letters in criticising and estimating a com ; osition trill 
be found useful The teacher should draw a line under the word or sentence to be corrected, and place 
the letter describing the error at the left hand margin of the page. Pupils should always leave a Mat gin 
at the left hand side of the page. 
1» Bad penmanship; form your letters more carefully. 
JP Punctuation faulty. 
C Capitals used improperly or neglected. 
E Error in Spelling. 
JV Word used incorrectly, repeated, or omitted, 
S Sentence poorly constructed—rearrange or find a better sentence. 
Q Quotation incorrect. 
T Thoughts not original. 
U Use the Quotation marks, 
A Ambiguous, the meaning is net clear. 
JT Inference, does not follow. 
Defective Analogy; ♦he figure is strained. 
Rambling from the subject; too wandering. 
Language Coarse; select a softer or more musical word. 
Overdrawn or Exaggerated; use more moderate Language. 
Yary the Language; too much repetition, 
Kew Sentence, or Paragraph should commence here. 
Join the sentences better; too disconnected, or incoherent 
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T h< following works on style and composition will be found useful and valuable assistants to both teachers and pupils. 
Keel’s Common School Grammar, 
Comprehensive a 
Common School Rhetoric. 
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