b. Answer the same questions in an exposition you would

Inform your friend Tom, who

XV. a. You live in the country.

lives in the city, about country life.

b. Reproduce Tom's reply to you, telling about life in the

city.

XVI. Explain the arrangement of the interior of your house. Accompany the explanation with a diagram.

XVII. Tell all you can about a lighthouse. Make a diagram of the building and of its location.

XVIII. Explain how some battle was fought. Consult your history for guidance. Draw a plan showing the battle lines, etc.

XIX. Your aunt who lives in some city far away from you intends to visit you. Write to her, giving her explicit directions as to how to reach your home.

XX. Explain the character of some one you have read about in the newspaper. Express your opinion of the character in the conclusion of the composition.

XXI. Write a criticism of some short story or novel you have read. Tell

1. Its title and author.

2. What its main theme is.

3. What the author's probable purpose was in writing it. 4. Your opinion of it.

XXII. Explain just exactly what the situation is in the picture on the opposite page. Outline and write a character sketch of the old fisherman.

XXIII. Yesterday on your way home from school you saw a man arrested. Outline and write a composition on the

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3. Why he was arrested.

4. How he was treated.

XXIV. John's books have disappeared from his desk. John You and Bill know all about them

is much agitated.

and enjoy John's excitement very much. Explain

to a stranger just exactly the what, the where, the when, the why, the how, of the situation.

XXV. You witnessed a collision between two wagons, or between an auto and a street car. Explain exactly

where, when, why, how, it happened.

by a diagram.

Make it clearer

XXVI. Write the explanatory introduction and conclusion for the story of My Encounter with a Bear; or My

First Skating; or My Fall from the Bicycle.

XXVII. Explain to a stranger just how and why your team lost

the game.

XXVIII. Young Roberts has failed in all his studies. You know him well. Explain fully to your mother why he failed.

XXIX. Imagine yourself a sea captain or an engineer. Explain, for a beginner, just what your duties are, and how they are performed.

XXX. Draw a rough map showing the location of some large city (New York, London, Chicago, Berlin), and then explain why the city has become a great one.

XXXI. From your study of geography, explain the following, by means of an outline and composition:

The tide

The sun

Changes in the moon

Rivers

Railroads

Enrich your exposition by diagrams wherever possible.

XXXII. From your study of history, explain

1. The causes of the Civil War

2. The causes of the Revolutionary War.

3. The treason of Arnold.

4. The colonization of Pennsylvania.

XXXIII. Explain by outline or by compositions of two or three

paragraphs the difference between the following

pairs:

Tower and Smokestack

Street and Boulevard

Closet and Cupboard

College and University
Fruit and Vegetable
Wagon and Carriage

Speech and Oration

Teacher and Tutor

Scholar and Pupil

Idea and Thought

XXXIV. Write expository paragraphs from the following subject sentences. Apply the quintet of queries to each one. Add, if you wish, phrases or clauses to the statements as they now stand:

I had a unique experience that time.

He received the reprimand.

They like this place much better.

She is probably the best pupil in the class.

It is impossible to go.

XXXV. From some book you are now reading, select an expository passage of several paragraphs and produce an outline of it. Tell what kind of exposition it is. Show whether the five queries can be applied to it.

XXXVI. Do the same from the newspaper for to-day. Tell why the article you selected is to be called Exposition. Point out elements of Description, Narration, and Argument if they are to be found.

XXXVII. Outline a character sketch you would write on "Reddy." Make another outline for a sketch of "Reddy"

which shall show him from an entirely different viewpoint.

XXXVIII. Outline and write character sketches of Washington and Columbus from your knowledge of them in history. How must these two sketches necessarily differ?