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Show 34 WEBER ACADEMY English b.A review of grammar and short themes once a week, with occasional longer themes on assigned or original subjects comprise the work of this course. Buehler's Modern English Grammar and Hitchcock's Exercise Book will be the outlines used. Buehler's Exercises in English will be used as a supplementary text. Five hours per week during the first or second semester. English c.This course consists of a thorough study of the elementary principles of rhetoric, with special attention to paragraph structure and connection, sentence structure and connection, and the right use of words. The application of these principles as seen in selections from Addison, Goldsmith, George Eliot, Shakspere, etc., will be an important part of the work. Regular short themes with occasional longer compositions will be requireed. Composition and Rhetoric by Brooks and Hubbard is the text used. Five hours per week during the first semester. English d.A continuation of English c. Five. hours per week during second semester. English e.This course has a double purpose: first, to famiilarize the student with the chief periods of developemnt of English literature; second, to give drill in composition work. Representative classics from the different periods will be read and compared. Special attention will be given to the Elizabethan age and to the age of Romanticism. Difficult matters connected with paragraph and sentence making, and the study of the right meaning of words will continue. WEBER ACADEMY 35 History of English Literature, by Long, will be used as an outline for the historical part. Written reports and weekly themes will be required. Three hours per week during the first semester. English f.Continuation of English e. Three hours per week during the second semester. English g.Composition work in this course will give practice in the various kinds of writingexposition, narration, description and argumentation. Students will be encouraged to express their opinions clearly and effectively, as well as correctly. Selections from Burke, Carlyle, Ruskin, Shakspere, Milton and Browning will be discussed in class. Manual of Composition and Rhetoric by Gardiner, Kitteridge and Arnold is the text used. Five hours per week during the first semester. English h.Continuation of English g. Five hours per week during the second semester English (Preparatory)A careful study of the fundamental principles of grammar, sentence analysis as presented by Reed and Kellog, simple composition work with emphasis upon the mechanics of writing, special exercises in spelling, and practice in reading easy classics from an interpretative standpoint constitute the work of the course. Five recitations per week throughout the year. Elocution a.The object of this course is to acquaint students with the fundamental principles of interpreting the author's thought through the printed |